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Grandma Ruby's Refrigerator
Series: The Notion of Family
Grandma Ruby's Refrigerator Series: The Notion of Family

Grandma Ruby's Refrigerator Series: The Notion of Family

Date2007
Maker LaToya Ruby Frazier American, born 1982
Object number2014.36.3
ProvenanceThe artist
Exhibition HistoryNotion of Family, David Castillo Gallery, Miami FL. 2009 Notion of Family, Hagedorn Gallery, Atlanta, GA. 2009 Notion of Family, McGuffey Art Center, Look 3 Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, VA. 2011 Notion of Family, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA. December 13, 2013–June 22, 2014
Credit LinePurchased with funds from Josef Vascovitz and Lisa Goodman in honor of Sandra Jackson-Dumont
Dimensions24 7/8 x 17 3/4 in. (63.2 x 45.1 cm)
MediumGelatin silver print
Gramps on His Bed
Series: The Notion of Family
LaToya Ruby Frazier
2003
Object number: 2014.36.1
The Bunn Family Home on Ninth Street
LaToya Ruby Frazier
2013
Object number: 2014.36.4
Railroads and Shipping Containers on the Monongahela River
LaToya Ruby Frazier
2013
Object number: 2014.36.5
Gramps' Feet
Series: The Notion of Family
LaToya Ruby Frazier
2002
Object number: 2014.36.2
Grandma Moses
1949
Object number: 78.37
Lidded "refrigerator" basket
Object number: 92.28
Photo by Tom Joyce
19th century
Object number: 2007.220
Photo by Tom Joyce
19th century
Object number: 2007.232
Photo by Tom Joyce
19th - 20th century
Object number: 2007.248
Photo: Scott Leen
1982
Object number: 2010.37.24