She would sneak licks of icing before blowing out the candles on her birthday cake

She would sneak licks of icing before blowing out the candles on her birthday cake

Photograph

Marcia Resnick

Maker
American, 1950–2025

She would sneak licks of icing before blowing out the candles on her birthday cake

From Re-visions


1978
Gelatin silver print inscribed with graphite
Image: 5 5/16 × 7 7/8 in. (13.5 × 20 cm)
Paper: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)
Matted: 11 × 14 1/16 × 1/8 in. (28 × 35.7 × 0.3 cm)
Purchase with funds from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, 2020
2020.0045.0004
Inscriptions Inscribed in graphite on print beneath image: FROM RE-VISIONS \ SHE WOULD SNEAK LICKS OF ICING BEFORE BLOWING OUT THE CANDLES ON HER BIRTHDAY CAKE. \ MARCIA RESNICK
Inscribed in pencil on verso, C: FROM RE-VISIONS 1978 Marcia Resnick \ #RV13.02 6804

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