Elisabeth Cries, "Bengt Used to Put Me on a Pedestal, but Tonight He Beat Me Like He Wouldn't Touch the Family Dog," Saddle River, New Jersey

Elisabeth Cries, "Bengt Used to Put Me on a Pedestal, but Tonight He Beat Me Like He Wouldn't Touch the Family Dog," Saddle River, New Jersey

Photograph

Donna Ferrato

Maker
American, b. 1949

Elisabeth Cries, "Bengt Used to Put Me on a Pedestal, but Tonight He Beat Me Like He Wouldn't Touch the Family Dog," Saddle River, New Jersey

From Living with the Enemy


1982
Inkjet print
Image: 13 3/8 × 20 1/16 in. (33.9 × 50.9 cm)
Paper: 20 × 24 3/16 in. (50.8 × 61.4 cm)
Gift of Harry Schiavi, 2020
2020.0014.0006
Inscriptions Printed on label adhered to verso, C: Elisabeth cried, "I was trying to save our \ marriage. Bengt always put me on a \ pedestal, but tonight he beat me like he \ wouldn't touch a dog." Saddle River, NJ, \ 1982.
Printed on label adhered to verso, C: AMERICAN WOMAN \ DONNA \ AMERICAN WOMAN \ FERRATO \ Photograph ©Donna Ferrato. Images cannot be altered in any way or used without permission. \ [email protected] / donnaferrato.com / iamunbeatable.com \ "American Woman: 1970s–2010s," a retrospective
Printed on label adhered to verso, C: I AM \ UN- \ BEAT- \ ABLE \ ©Photography by Donna Ferrato
Printed on label adhered to verso, C: DONNA FERRATO \ AMERICAN WOMAN: 40 YEARS \ Photograph ©Donna Ferrato. All rights reserved. \ Image cannot be altered in any way or used without permission. \ [email protected] / donnaferrato.com / iamunbeatable.com \ "American Woman: 1970s–2010s," a retrospective
Signed in ink on verso, BR: Donna Ferrato

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