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Corridor, Ellis Island, October 1988
Corridor, Ellis Island, October 1988

Corridor, Ellis Island, October 1988

Artist David Simonton American, born 1953
Date1988; printed 2004
MediumGelatin-silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (35.9 x 35.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the William R. Roberson Jr. and Frances M. Roberson Endowed Fund for North Carolina Art
Object number2004.2.3
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated Ellis Island, NY, 1988, printed 2004; collection of the artist, Raleigh, NC; sold to NCMA, 2004.
Exhibition HistoryEllis, Island, NY, Ellis Island Immigration Museum, "Photographers on Ellis Island, 1900-1990," 1990.

Durham, NC, Allenton Gallery, Durham Arts Council Building, "Ellis Island: 1988-1989," 1992.

Raleigh, NC, Municipal Building, "Ellis Island: A Singular Passage," n.d.

Salisbury, NC, Waterworks Visual Arts Center, "Ellis Island: The Complete Portfolio," 1990; Raleigh, NC, Frankie G. Weems Gallery, Meredith College, 1990.

Raleigh, NC, NC Academy of Trial Lawyers, "Ellis Island Photographs," 1997.

Louisburg, NC, Louisburg College, "Ellis Island Photographs," 1998.

Raleigh, NC, School of Design, North Carolina State University, "Ellis Island Photographs," 1999.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Contemporary NC Photography from the Museum's Collection," (part 1) September 3-November 5, 2006.

Winston-Salem, NC, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), "Contemporary North Carolina Photographs from the North Carolina Museum of Art," October 28, 2007-March 2, 2008.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Presence/Absence," November 27, 2011-May 27, 2012.

Chapel Hill, NC, Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “In Pursuit of Strangeness: Wyeth and Westermann in Dialogue,” June 14–August 25, 2013.
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