Venice Ghetto

James Casebere

1991

  • Titles Venice Ghetto (Proper)
  • Artist James Casebere, American, born 1953
  • Medium Duratran lightbox
  • Dimensions 72 × 48 in. (182.9 × 121.9 cm) frame: 72 3/8 × 48 1/2 × 6 5/8 in. (183.8 × 123.2 × 16.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Irvin R. Allen, Dr. and Mrs. Larry G. Deep, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Osband, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scruggs, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery C. Ward, Dr. and Mrs. Waid Shelton, and Mrs. Mary S. Steiner, 1992.31
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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This is a black-and-white print of children and statues in a field beneath a picture of the sun. The field is surrounded by a fence and there are people bent over in the background. There are stone statues scattered throughout the field and children facing the viewer towards the front of the composition. “Los Niños También Sufren” and “22/30” and the artist’s signature are below the print.
Untitled, Dove Bradshaw, paper with pressed grass/organic material
Five page wood panel book (title page plus four painted panels depicting the miracles of Jesus.
This is a color photograph of the artist covered in one- and two-cent stamps. The image is a self-portrait, with the image depicting the back of the artist.