I Had Forgotten That I Had Grown Up

© Duane Michals

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I Had Forgotten That I Had Grown Up

Duane Michals, born 1932, McKeesport, PA; active New York, NY
2018-260
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<p>In the 1970s, Michals began writing on his photographs with the intention “not to explain to you what you’re looking at, but to express the frustration of the inability of the photograph to tell you.” The handwritten texts extend and imbue these images of single male figures with unseen narratives of grief, desire, and melancholy.<br></p>

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Title
I Had Forgotten That I Had Grown Up
Maker
Duane Michals
Medium
Gelatin silver print with handwritten text
Dimensions
sight: 38.7 × 49.2 cm (15 1/4 × 19 3/8 in.) frame: 56.5 × 65.4 × 2.5 cm (22 1/4 × 25 3/4 × 1 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Duane E. Wilder, Class of 1951
Object Number
2018-260

The artist. Acquired by Duane E. Wilder (1929-2017); bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2018.

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