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JoAnn Roberts (We are a contemporary family...)

negative 1980, printed 1983

American, born 1953

Gelatin silver print

13 15/16 x 11 in. (35.4 x 28 cm)

Pacific Northwest Bell, the Photography Council, the Polaroid Foundation, Mark Abrahamson, and the National Endowment for the Arts

83.149

Provenance: The artist; [Equivalents Gallery, Seattle, Washington]; purchased by Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1983

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, 200 Photographs from the Museum Collection, Dec. 8, 1983 - Feb. 5, 1984. Text by Rod Slemmons. No cat. no.

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Presentation House Gallery, Collecting Photography: The Seattle Art Museum, June 4 - July 12, 1987.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Stories: Narrative and Sequence, Mar. 23 - July 30, 1995.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Reverberations: Contemporary Art and Modern Classics, Dec. 22, 2022 - ongoing [on view Dec. 22, 2022 - June 11, 2023].

Published ReferencesGoldberg, Jim. Rich and Poor. New York: Random House, 1985; reproduced, n.p.

Goldberg, Jim. Rich and Poor. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2013; reproduced, n.p.

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