A color photograph of two young White girls playing in a front yard with balloons under their shirts mimicking pregnancy.

Balloons, Evanston, Illinois

Melissa Ann Pinney (b. 1953)

Date

2004, printed 2011
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Inkjet print
Dimensions

Image: 30 x 37 1/4 in.
Sheet: 36 x 46 1/16 in.
Edition

5/10
Inscriptions

[None]
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press
Accession Number

P2014.2
Copyright

© Melissa Ann Pinney

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Location: Off view

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