Jean Harlow, Drag Queen Ball, Long Beach, 1971

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series Title

The Gay Essay

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 23.8 × 15.9 cm (9 3/8 × 6 1/4 in.)

sheet: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

Accession Number

2018.177.71

Artists / Makers

Anthony Friedkin (artist) American, born 1949

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Inscription

on verso, signed by artist, along right edge in graphite: Anthony Friedkin Vintage Print from The Gay Essay Jean Harlow, Drag Queen Ball, Long Beach, 1971; lower center stamped in blue ink: CREDIT PHOTOGRAPH TO / ANTHONY ENTON FRIEDKIN / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / NO CROPPING FOR PUBLICATION

Provenance

Anthony Friedkin, Santa Monica, CA; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary

Exhibition History

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