Object Details
- Description
- In this black-and-white photograph, a network of wires and a single light fixture enliven the largely undecorated wall of a spare room that includes partial views of a bed covered with striped bedspread and a side table decorated with batteries, toiletries, medicines, and the photograph of a person wearing a white shirt.
- Exhibition History
- Lines, Marks and Drawings: Through the Lens of Roger Ballen, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C., June 19, 2013-June 30, 2014
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Roger Ballen, 1950, South Africa (born United States)
- Date
- 1984
- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist and purchased with funds provided by the Annie Laurie Aitken Endowment
- Medium
- Silver gelatin print
- Dimensions
- H x W: 40 x 40 cm (15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
