id: 157712
accession number: 1995.198
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.198
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Black Eye, 1991 (printed 1995). Sally Mann (American, 1951-). Gelatin silver print; image: 46.8 x 58.5 cm (18 7/16 x 23 1/16 in.); paper: 50.1 x 60.7 cm (19 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.); matted: 76.2 x 81.3 cm (30 x 32 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Friends of Photography 1995.198 © 1991 Sally Mann
title: Black Eye
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creation date: 1991 (printed 1995)
creation date earliest: 1991
creation date latest: 1991
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creditline: Gift of Friends of Photography
copyright: © 1991 Sally Mann
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: gelatin silver print
department: Photography
collection: PH - American 1951-Present
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Sally Mann (American, 1951-) - artist
Sally Mann American, 1951-
Explorations of childhood, adolescence, and puberty characterize the imagery of Sally Mann (born Sally Munger), who first came to public attention for her series on pre-teenage girls, published in 1988 as At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women. Since 1984 her images have focused on family scenes centered around her three children, Emmet, Jessie, and Virginia. Working in black and white with a large-format view camera, Mann is both documentarian and storyteller, chronicling her children's physical and emotional maturity as she photographs their everyday mishaps and playtime adventures. The children often appear nude, without modesty, and the candor of her subjects has sparked controversy over the photographs as part of the public domain and over issues of childhood sexuality and freedom. It has also raised debates about Mann herself, as she moves between roles as artist and mother.
Mann studied English and creative writing at Hollins College in Virginia (B.A., 1974; M.A., 1975). She took photography courses at Praestegaard Film School (1971), the Aegean School of Fine Arts (1972), Apeiron (1973), and the Ansel Adams Yosemite Workshop (1973). Among her awards are fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities (1973, 1976), the Friends of Photography (1974), the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1982), the National Endowment for the Arts (1982, 1988, 1992), the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1987), the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (1989), and Artists in the Visual Arts (1989). Her publications include Second Sight: The Photographs of Sally Mann (1983), Immediate Family (1992), and Halloween (1993). Mann has shown in one-person exhibitions at the Southeastern Center of Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem (1988), the Museum of Photographic Art, San Diego (1989), and the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art (1990). In 1994 the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, organized a traveling exhibition titled Still Time. Mann lives in her native Lexington, Virginia. A.W.
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measurements: Image: 46.8 x 58.5 cm (18 7/16 x 23 1/16 in.); Paper: 50.1 x 60.7 cm (19 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.); Matted: 76.2 x 81.3 cm (30 x 32 in.)
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inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "Black Eye / Sally Mann [signed], © 1991 / 8/25 / ed {25 20 x 24 / 25 16x20 / 25 8 x 10"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1996-11-24T05:00:00
Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
title: Gifts from the CMA Friends of Photography
opening date: 2002-12-07T00:00:00
Gifts from the CMA Friends of Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 7, 2002-April 23, 2003).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art," see Catalogue of Photography, pp. 66-67.', 'opening_date': '1997-02-02T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 7, 2002 - April 23, 2003. "Gifts from the CMA Friends of Photography," CMA Members Magazine (January 2003), p.', 'opening_date': '2002-12-07T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 66-67, 229
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