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Gory (Rogelio López Marín)
It’s Only Water in the Teardrop of a Stranger (Es sólo agua en la lagrima de un extraño)1986, printed 2002

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Color photograph of an abandoned swimming pool filled with dark, debris-strewn water, shot from the pool deck, with two black metal handrails in the foreground and a rough ocean visible beyond the far wall
Partial view of a work showing handwritten cursive text in black ink on white ground beneath a framed photographic or printed image: "I can't endure it any longer. I don't expect you to wake up. Sleep on for as long as you please, and sleep sound, but dream of me no more."

Gory (Rogelio López Marín), It’s Only Water in the Teardrop of a Stranger (Es sólo agua en la lagrima de un extraño), 1986, printed 2002, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Photographic Arts Council, 2001, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Gory (Rogelio López Marín)
Title
It’s Only Water in the Teardrop of a Stranger (Es sólo agua en la lagrima de un extraño)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1986, printed 2002
Medium
Gelatin-silver print, toned
Dimensions
Image (includes black border): 18 3/4 × 12 11/16 in. (47.63 × 32.23 cm) Primary support: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.48 × 40.64 cm) Mat: 24 × 18 in. (60.96 × 45.72 cm)
Credit Line
Photographic Arts Council, 2001
Accession Number
M.2002.25.8
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Gory (Rogelio López Marín)