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Shortie at Work, South Carolina by Susan Meiselas — VisualArtsDB

Shortie at Work, South Carolina

Shortie at Work, South Carolina

1973

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm) Image: 7 9/16 × 11 5/16 in. (19.2 × 28.7 cm)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, US

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Susan Meiselas, Shortie at Work, South Carolina, 1973. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm) Image: 7 9/16 × 11 5/16 in. (19.2 × 28.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Harriett Ames Charitable Trust 2000.224. © Susan Meiselas, Magnum Photos, New York.

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