She always read the endings of books before the beginnings., 1978

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series Title

Re-Visions

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 14.29 × 19.84 cm (5 5/8 × 7 13/16 in.)

sheet: 20.32 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)

Credit Line

Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

Accession Number

2014.178.1

Artists / Makers

Marcia Resnick (artist) American, born 1950

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Inscription

signed by artist, along lower right edge of image in graphite: MARCIA RESNICK; along bottom: SHE ALWAYS READ THE ENDINGS OF BOOKS BEFORE THE BEGINNINGS.; along lower left edge: FROM RE-VISIONS; on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Marcia Resnick; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: 6800

Provenance

Marcia Resnick, New York; (Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco), 2013; NGA purchase, 2014.

Associated Names

Hertzmann, Inc., Paul M.

Exhibition History

2025: The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Bibliography

1978: Resnick, Marcia. Re-visions. Toronto, 1978: plate 47.