Object number2023.25.5

Joan Didion

Date1977

Artist Mary Lloyd Estrin (American, 1944-2020)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print, printed later

DimensionsImage: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (23.5 x 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Credit LineGift from the estate of Mary Lloyd Estrin

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

DescriptionBlack and white image of a woman, Joan Didion, seated in a large wicker back chair wearing a floral dress and shielding her eyes against the sunlight with her left arm raised. The background is filled with shadow interspersed with columns of sunshine illuminating the interior.

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