Nine Stills from My Family's Home Movies
1985-1992
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9 chromogenic prints
Dimensions
image/sheet (each): 41 × 53.6 cm (16 1/8 × 21 1/8 in.) framed (each): 42.1 × 54.61 × 3 cm (16 9/16 × 21 1/2 × 1 3/16 in.) overall: 126.3 × 163.83 × 3 cm (49 3/4 × 64 1/2 × 1 3/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)
Accession Number
2015.19.4512.a-i
Art Historical Context
**Nine Stills from My Family Home Movies** (1985–1992) by Larry Sultan invites visitors into the intimate world of mid-20th-century American family life. This series of nine chromogenic prints—vibrant color photographs developed from color negatives—transforms fleeting moments from personal 8mm home movies large-scale gallery art. Each image measures about 41 × 53.6 cm, arranged to create an overall installation spanning roughly 126 × 164 cm, now part of the National Gallery of Art's Corcoran Collection through the artist's generous gift. Sultan's work, created during the late 1980s and early...