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Mary Ellen Mark
Home for the Dying, Calcutta1980

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a tiled mortuary corridor, two stone shelves holding shrouded figures, with a cross and a sign reading 'I AM ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN' on the far wall
Artist or Maker
Mary Ellen Mark
Title
Home for the Dying, Calcutta
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1980
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image (includes black border): 12 13/16 × 19 in. (32.54 × 48.26 cm) Primary support: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.48 × 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.90.75.75
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography