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Tamarra Kaida
Surrogate Baby1986

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a plastic baby doll and a newborn infant lying side by side on crinkled paper, viewed from slightly above
Artist or Maker
Tamarra Kaida
United States, born 1946
Title
Surrogate Baby
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1986
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 5/16 × 16 7/8 in. (33.81 × 42.86 cm) Primary support: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (40.3 × 50.48 cm) Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 60.96 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Graham and Susan Nash in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number
M.90.75.56
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.