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Marcia Resnick
She Was Often Gripped with the Desire to Be Elsewhere1978

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Black and white photograph of a figure from the knees down holding a worn suitcase stenciled with a Hong Kong tailor's address, fabric spilling out on either side, with handwritten text below

Marcia Resnick, She Was Often Gripped with the Desire to Be Elsewhere, 1978, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Janet Klein and Andrew Schwartz, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Marcia Resnick
Title
She Was Often Gripped with the Desire to Be Elsewhere
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1978
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image (Irregular): 12 13/16 × 17 3/4 in. (32.54 × 45.09 cm) Primary support: 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.64 × 50.48 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Janet Klein and Andrew Schwartz
Accession Number
AC1996.225.2
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography