D.N.A.

Ellen Carey

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Ellen Carey (American, born 1952). D.N.A., 1981. Acrylic on gelatin silver photograph, sheet: 41 9/16 × 32 3/4 in. (105.6 × 83.2 cm) frame: 50 3/8 × 40 3/8 × 2 in. (128 × 102.6 × 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nancy Graves, 85.240. © artist or artist's estate. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

D.N.A.

Date

1981

Medium

Acrylic on gelatin silver photograph

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

sheet: 41 9/16 × 32 3/4 in. (105.6 × 83.2 cm) frame: 50 3/8 × 40 3/8 × 2 in. (128 × 102.6 × 5.1 cm)

Signatures

Signed on lower left verso in graphite: "Ellen Carey 1981"

Inscriptions

Inscribed on lower left verso in graphite: "D.N.A."

Markings

Label on verso: Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

Credit Line

Gift of Nancy Graves

Accession Number

85.240

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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