Marina’s Room

Tina Barney, Marina's Room, 1987, chromogenic print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1989.5, © 1987, Tina Barney, Courtesy Janet Borden, Inc.
Tina Barney, Marina's Room, 1987, chromogenic print, sheet: 48 x 60 in. (121.9 x 52.3 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1989.5, © 1987, Tina Barney, Courtesy Janet Borden, Inc.

Artwork Details

Title
Marina’s Room
Artist
Date
1987
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 48 x 60 in. (121.9 x 52.3 cm.)
Copyright
© 1987, Tina Barney, Courtesy Janet Borden, Inc.
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums Description
chromogenic print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — Tatischeff, Marina — child
  • Portrait group — family — father and child
  • Architecture Interior — domestic — bedroom
Object Number
1989.5
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1989.5

Artwork Description

Although this image has a snapshot-like feel—as if we too were sitting on the bed—Tina Barney, who was one of the first photographers to make oversize prints, works with a large-format view camera. The near life-size scale of her images adds to their sense of immediacy, and the rich colors and busy interior draw us further into the scene. Barney documents the social and economic elite as an insider, capturing a world that is out of reach of most Americans, yet her photographs portray the intimate gestures and relationships common to every family.

Close to Home: Photographers and their Families, 2011

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Date1985
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