The bathroom at the mission is dreary at best, with holes in the walls and floor, peeling lead paint, no toilet paper, showers without handles. Mothers nevertheless keep their children scrupulously clean, singing praise to God. Here, Renee cleans her daughters face with plenty of elbow grease. Olive Branch Mission, Chicago.

1999

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 40.5 × 50.5 cm (15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in.) image: 33.1 × 49.1 cm (13 1/16 × 19 5/16 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Department

CPH

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Donna Ferrato)

Accession Number

2015.19.5134