Lena's First Day, Essex Junction, Vermont, from the project Carnival Strippers
Susan Meiselas, American, born 1948
negative 1973; print 2012
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through a gift from Marina and Andrew E. Lewin, Class of 1981
2012.18.1
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Classification
Photograph
Not on view
Inscription
Inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, lower center: Lena‘s first day / Essex Junction, Vermont / 1973; signed, in graphite, lower right: Susan Meiselas
Course History
SART 30, SART 75, Photography II, III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2013
ARTH 17, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Spring 2013
Publication History
Susan Meiselas, Carnival Strippers, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art and Germany: Steidl Publishers, 2003, p. 125.
Kristen Lubben, editor, Susan Meiselas In History, New York: International Center of Photography and Germany: Steidl Publishers, 2008, p. 41.
Provenance
Susan Meiselas Photography, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2012.
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