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Artist:
Virginia Beahan, born Philadelphia, PA 1946  Search this
Medium:
chromogenic print
Dimensions:
18 3/8 x 23 1/4 in. (46.6 x 59.2 cm)
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
2004
Exhibition Label:
When her eighty-nine-year-old mother was stricken with dementia and no longer able to care for herself, Virginia Beahan and her husband moved her into their home. A landscape photographer accustomed to traveling extensively, Beahan at first found her prospects constrained by these circumstances, but she quickly discovered a new subject for her lens. Beahan documented the last years of her mother’s life with compassion as well as a clear-eyed accounting of the difficulties that came with the reversal of their roles.
Close to Home: Photographers and their Families, 2011
Topic:
Figure group\female  Search this
Ceremony\holiday\Thanksgiving  Search this
Object\furniture\couch  Search this
Architecture Interior\domestic\living room  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Haluk and Elisa Soykan
Copyright:
© Virginia Beahan
Object number:
2010.6.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk75e1ffae5-2da1-441f-a6f2-d993b85ac115
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2010.6.1