Standing in the middle of a foggy road, a light-skinned older woman places her hand over her heart

Margo, Unbeatable Woman, Mt. Tamalpais, San Francisco, CA

Artist Donna Ferrato (American, born 1949)

Date2010

MediumInkjet print, pigment-based

Dimensionsoverall: 20 x 24 inches, image: 16 x 20 inches

ClassificationPhotograph

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

Object number2016.16.15

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Critical Portraits

Text Entries

Sekile M. Nzinga, "Donna Ferrato, Margo, Unbeatable Woman, Mt. Tamalpais, San Francisco, CA," essay from the publication Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts: Thinking about History with The Block's Collection (2021)

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