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Mary Ellen Mark

Mother Teresa Feeding a Man at the Home for the Dying, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, India

Maker

Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1940 - 2015)

Title

Mother Teresa Feeding a Man at the Home for the Dying, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, India
Photographs of Mother Teresa's Missions of Charity in Calcutta

Year

1980, printed later

Medium

  • gelatin silver print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 22.2 x 32.9 cm (8 3/4 x 12 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Estate stamp on print verso, lower right: Mary Ellen Mark/ This is a lifetime print, / printed from the original negative / under the supervision of Mary Ellen Mark. / (C) The Mary Ellen Mark Foundation / All Rights Reserved [illegible initials in pencil]; on verso, in pencil, bottom: PF134961 300A-034-026 V44; on verso, in pencil, LR: 21/100 / 585.

Identification

Edition

Edition #21/100

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Violin

Object Number

2021.116.5

Type

  • Photographs

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Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1940 - 2015)
Mother Teresa Feeding a Man at the Home for the Dying, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, India; Photographs of Mother Teresa's Missions of Charity in Calcutta, 1980, printed later
Gelatin silver print
Image: 22.2 x 32.9 cm (8 3/4 x 12 15/16 inches)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Violin 2021.116.5

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