The Boyce Family
Artist
Salvatore (Sal) Lopes
(American, b. 1943)
CultureAmerican
DateOctober 1992
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 12 15/16 × 8 9/16 in. (32.9 × 21.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 1/16 × 11 5/8 in. (40.8 × 29.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 15/16 × 16 in. (50.6 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 1/16 × 11 5/8 in. (40.8 × 29.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 15/16 × 16 in. (50.6 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number94.31.1
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a black and white gelatin silver print depicting a father, mother, two boys, and two girls.Label TextSal Lopes American (b. 1943) The Boyce Family, October 1992 Gelatin-silver print Gift of the artist, Sal Lopes 94.31.1 At a time when much of America was gripped by AIDS hysteria, John and Sharon Boyce quietly adopted three HIV-positive children into their family. Exhibition History"Living with Aids: A Photographic Journal by Sal Lopes," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - June 5, 1994. "Recent Acquistions," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., December 10, 1994 - March 5, 1995. "Portraying a Nation: American Portrait Photography, 1850-2010," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 25, 2010 - September 11, 2011.Published ReferencesSal Lopes, _Living With Aids: A Photographic Journal_ (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1994), jacket illustration, 132.
