Tammy Rae & Kaia, Durham, North Carolina
- Photographer
- Catherine Opie, American, born 1961
- Date
- 1998, printed 2000
- Material
- Chromogenic print
- photographed in
- Durham, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 234
- Dimensions
- image: 39 15/16 x 50 in. (101.4 x 127 cm)
sheet: 39 15/16 x 50 in. (101.4 x 127 cm)
framed: 40 7/8 x 50 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. (103.8 x 129.2 x 4.4 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of the Peter Norton Family Foundation
- Rights
- © Catherine Opie, Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, London, and Seoul
- Object Number
- 114:2000
NOTES
One woman mows the lawn while the other drinks a beverage in this photograph of a couple in their backyard on a summer day. The image is part of Catherine Opie’s project Domestic, which presents everyday activities of lesbian families and couples. Started in 1995 with photographs of friends from her immediate community in Los Angeles, Opie expanded the project in 1998 by taking a 9,000-mile road trip. Tammy Rae and Kaia are two of the people she met while in North Carolina. Opie invites the viewer into this private scene, expanding how the ideal American family is represented.
Provenance
- 2000
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, representing Catherine Opie
2000
The Peter Norton Family Foundation, purchased from Regen Projects [1]
2000 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of The Peter Norton Family Foundation [2]
Notes:
[1] Per invoice dated November 9, 2000 [SLAM document files].
[2] Per deed of gift dated December 31, 2000 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, March 1, 2001.
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, representing Catherine Opie
2000
The Peter Norton Family Foundation, purchased from Regen Projects [1]
2000 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of The Peter Norton Family Foundation [2]
Notes:
[1] Per invoice dated November 9, 2000 [SLAM document files].
[2] Per deed of gift dated December 31, 2000 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, March 1, 2001.
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