Buddies - Thom and Alan
Artist
Salvatore (Sal) Lopes
(American, b. 1943)
CultureAmerican
DateMay 1991
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 5/8 × 13 in. (21.9 × 33 cm)
Overall, Support: 9 13/16 × 15 15/16 in. (24.9 × 40.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 1/16 × 20 in. (40.8 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 9 13/16 × 15 15/16 in. (24.9 × 40.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 1/16 × 20 in. (40.8 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number94.31.3
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a black and white gelatin silver print depicting Thom and Allen.Label TextSal Lopes American (b. 1943) Buddies-Thom and Alan, May 1991 Gelatin-silver print Gift of the artist, Sal Lopes 94.31.3 Thom, HIV-positive, is portrayed here with his caregiver, Alan. 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. "Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2020 - January 3, 2021.Published ReferencesSal Lopes, _Living With Aids: A Photographic Journal_ (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1994), frontispiece.
