Black-and-white photo of woman and two children with medium skin tone in the foreground

Vikki + Her Mom Carol + Brother Dereck, Pittsburgh Shelter for Battered Women

Artist Donna Ferrato (American, born 1949)

Date1984

MediumInkjet print, pigment-based

Dimensionsoverall: 20 x 24 inches, image: 13 1/2 x 20 inches

ClassificationPhotograph

Credit LineMary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of David Kieselstein KSM '88

Object number2016.16.2

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