Gloria, 70, Chicago, IL, 2016 - Tang Teaching Museum

Collection Artwork

Artist, Author, Publisher, and Printer

Jess T. Dugan (born Biloxi, Mississippi, 1986)

Title

Gloria, 70, Chicago, IL, 2016

Creation date

published 2018

Materials

interview: archival pigment print on Canson Edition Etching Rag
photograph: archival pigment print on Hahnemühle FineArt Photo Rag Pearl

Author and Publisher

Vanessa Fabbre (born 1978)

Designer

Rafael Soldi (born Lima, Peru)

Print Studio

Light Work (Syracuse, New York, established 1973)

Dimensions

paper size, each: 20 x 16 in.
photograph image size: 18 x 13 1/2 in.

Credit Line

Tang purchase

Place of Creation

photographed and interviewed in Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America

Accession Number

2018.17.1.6a-b

Edition

5/12

Portfolio

To Survive on this Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults

Object Type

Photographs

Marks

photograph: Inscribed and signed in black ink, verso, starting lower left corner: GLORIA, 70, CHICAGO, IL, 2016 5/12 JESS T. DUGAN Vanessa Fabbre

“I got through with love from my family and the grace of God…I was never in the closet. The only time I was in the closet was to go in there and pick out a dress and come out of the closet and put it on.” —Gloria

From the exhibition: Where Words Falter: Art and Empathy (July 9 – December 18, 2022)

Research on our collection is ongoing. If you have resources you’d like to share, please contact Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara.

Object Label

Ongoing Research