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Jeffrey Silverthorne
Woman Who Died in Her Sleep1972

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a nude woman from the hips up, eyes closed, with a line of stitch-like marks running across her chest and down her torso, posed inside a narrow wooden enclosure

Jeffrey Silverthorne, Woman Who Died in Her Sleep, 1972, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Jeffrey Silverthorne
United States, born 1946
Title
Woman Who Died in Her Sleep
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1972
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 6 9/16 × 13 5/16 in. (16.67 × 33.81 cm) Primary support: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.48 × 40.32 cm) Mat: 24 × 20 in. (60.96 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
AC1997.275.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Jeffrey Silverthorne