False Dragonhead
Artist
Baril, Tom
American, b. 1952
Date1998
MediumToned gelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (23.8 x 19.1 cm)
Paper: 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.1 x 20 cm)
Paper: 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.1 x 20 cm)
Credit LineGift of Catherine Edelman
Object number2023:185
![Florence hid her pain from us, but she liked her oncologist Dr. Adi Gidron and described the precise location of all her pains to him. He called her “the best patient I ever had,” and became a sad friend to both of us, having exhausted all the medical treatments Florence was capable of surviving. We had a false flash of hope after she began responding positively to chemo therapy, but it didn’t last. She had 4th stage cancer, the very worst. [...]](/internal/media/dispatcher/4580/thumbnail)
