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Exhibit A: Oriental Rug Chewed (from the series Crime in the Home)
Exhibit A: Oriental Rug Chewed (from the series Crime in the Home)
Exhibit A: Oriental Rug Chewed (from the series Crime in the Home)

Exhibit A: Oriental Rug Chewed (from the series Crime in the Home)

Artist (American, born 1940)
Printer (American, born 1951)
Date1982
Mediumsilver-dye bleach print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 13 5/8 in. (22.9 × 34.6 cm)
Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Betty Hahn, 2015
Object number2015.2.1
DescriptionDetail of oriental rug against light wood flooring, with fringe at left. Near center edge of rug is evidence of damage and below it is a rule and two white arrows pointing to the damaged area.
Text Entries
Jim Holbrook (Anne Noggle’s assistant) says he was the printer for Betty Hahn’s “Crime Scene” series. He scanned the original negatives and printed them on Epson Photo Luster Paper at home and had the final work approved by Betty.
Betty Hahn’s series “Crime in the Home” includes photographs of household objects destroyed by Trotsky, her Borzoi, when he was a puppy. Arranged in the style of crime scene photographs, the series even includes a “police sketch” of the suspect and one of the suspect’s paws with a ruler.

The series “Crime in the Home” includes ten photographs: eight of household objects destroyed by Trotsky, the artist’s Borzoi, when he was a puppy; one of a police sketch of the dog; and one of the suspect’s paws with a ruler.

 

This is a Cibachrome print.
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