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Lyle Ashton Harris
The Child1994

Not on view
Large-format color instant photograph, studio portrait of two Black adults and a toddler posed against a red and teal background

Lyle Ashton Harris, Renee Cox, The Child, 1994, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Lyle Ashton Harris
United States, New York, New York City, born 1965
In collaboration with
Renee Cox
Jamaica, active United States, born 1960
Title
The Child
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1994
Medium
Dye diffusion transfer print
Dimensions
Image: 27 7/8 × 21 15/16 in. (70.8 × 55.8 cm) Primary support: 30 3/8 × 21 15/16 in. (77.2 × 55.8 cm) Mat: 31 1/2 × 23 in. (80 × 58.4 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1997.52.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Irmas, Deborah. This Is Not a Selfie: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews, editors. Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023.
Copyright
© Lyle Ashton Harris

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