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Emily at Gulf Shores, Alabama
Emily at Gulf Shores, Alabama

Emily at Gulf Shores, Alabama

Artist Margaret Sartor American, born 1959
Date1987; printed 2005
MediumPigmented inkjet print
Dimensionsimage: 22 × 21 7/8 in. (55.9 × 55.6 cm)
paper: 24 × 29 7/16 in. (61 × 74.8 cm)
frame: 30 1/4 × 30 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (76.8 × 76.8 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the William R. Roberson Jr. and Frances M. Roberson Endowed Fund for North Carolina Art
Object number2005.17.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated Gulf Shores, AL, 1987, printed 2005; collection of the artist; sold to NCMA, 2005.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Contemporary NC Photography from the Museum's Collection," (part 2) November 19, 2006-February 18, 2007.

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, "Mirror Image: Women Portraying Women," May 1-November 27, 2011.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “The Energy of Youth: Depicting Childhood in the NCMA’s Photography Collection,” September 26, 2015–April 3, 2016.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “To Be Young: Coming of Age in the Contemporary” [Part 2], September 28, 2021-April 5, 2022.
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