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: Purchased through a gift from Marina and Andrew E. Lewin, Class of 1981
2012.18.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, lower center: Lena's first day / Essex Junction, Vermont / 1973; signed, in graphite, lower right: Susan Meiselas
Course History
ARTH 17, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Spring 2013
SART 30, SART 75, Photography II, III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2013
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
SART 30/SART 75, Photography II/III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2022
SART 29.01, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Fall 2022
Publication History
Kristen Lubben, editor, Susan Meiselas In History, New York: International Center of Photography and Germany: Steidl Publishers, 2008, p. 41.
Susan Meiselas, Carnival Strippers, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art and Germany: Steidl Publishers, 2003, p. 125.
Provenance
Susan Meiselas Photography, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2012.
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