A color photograph of a light-skinned teenage girl lying on the floor of a messy room surrounded by unfolded clothing.

Emma, Brookline, Massachusetts

Rania Matar (b. 1964)

Date

2009
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Inkjet print
Dimensions

Sheet: 34 x 48 in.
Image: 28 x 42 in.
Edition

3/7
Inscriptions

Mount, Verso:
u.r. on clear label in black marker [artist's hand]: Emma, Brookline \ Massachusetts, 2009 \ #3/7 \ Rania Matar [illeg.]
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the artist
Accession Number

P2018.35
Copyright

© 2017 Rania Matar

In Her Image: Photographs by Rania Matar

December 20, 2017–June 17, 2018

In Her Image traces the development of female identity through portraiture, from young girlhood to middle age. Matar uses her photographs to show how the forces that shape female identity transcend cultural and geographic boundaries.

Location: Off view

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