Las Vegas
- Title:
- Las Vegas
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Labor and Work
- Creator:
- Mark, Mary Ellen
- Creation Date:
- 1991 (negative)
- ID Number:
- 93.057.006
- File Name:
- 93.057.006.jpg
- Work Type:
- photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- women
aging
performance - Measurement:
- 35.6 x 27.9 (Sheet) (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Four older white women, standing in a room, all dressed in a uniform of dark nylons, dark leotards, dark jackets with sparkly lapels, white gloves, bow ties, and dark top hats with spangly bands. The room is non-descript aside from a portrait of Pope John Paul II at the women's head height. Two of the women look toward the camera, one with a look of direct appraisal, while the other two look to either side of it.
- Notes:
- Printed later. Edition 21/30
- Cite As:
- Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1940–2015), Las Vegas, 1991 (negative). Gelatin silver print edition 21/30, 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm). Gift of Paula J. Mueller, Class of 1968, JD 1973, 93.057.006.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the Mellon Teaching Sets Collection are unknown. Whenever possible, information on current rights owners is included with the image. Digitization took place at varied times from items held at Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in service of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Cornell is providing access to low-resolution, non-downloadable versions of the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial research and educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at museum@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.