Self-Portrait: My First Abortion. I was fully conscious and not ready to give up the open road. Paris, France

Self-Portrait: My First Abortion. I was fully conscious and not ready to give up the open road. Paris, France

Photograph

Donna Ferrato

Maker
American, b. 1949

Self-Portrait: My First Abortion. I was fully conscious and not ready to give up the open road. Paris, France

1977
Inkjet print
Image: 13 3/8 × 20 in. (33.9 × 50.8 cm)
Paper: 20 × 24 1/8 in. (50.8 × 61.3 cm)
Gift of Harry Schiavi, 2020
2020.0014.0007
Inscriptions Printed on label adhered to verso,TC: Self portrait: During the abortion \ procedure I was acutely aware that I was \ not ready to be a mom. My dream was \ to be a photographer. Paris, France, \ 1977.
Printed on labels adhered to verso, TC: I AM \ UN- \ BEAT- \ ABLE \ ©Photography by Donna Ferrato \ AMERICAN WOMAN
Printed on label adhered to verso, C: 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
Printed on label adhered to verso, C: 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
Signed in ink on verso, BC: Donna Ferrato
Applied label on accompanying sleeve, BLC: 312

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