Object number1987.53.25

Caitlin Thomas in Bar at Brown's Hotel

Date1957

Artist Rosalie Thorne McKenna (American, 1918-2003)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (24.45 x 18.73 cm)
Sheet: 10 x 7 1/2 in. (25.4 x 19.05 cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, lower left corner in pencil: 87.53.25

MarkingsOn two printed labels, verso upper center and center left: © Rollie McKenna / 1 Hancox Street / Stonington, CT 06378 / (203) 535-0110/2126

BibliographyRosalie Thorne McKenna, Rollie McKenna: A Life in Photography (New York: Knopf, 1991), 136. Bill Read, The Days of Dylan Thomas A Pictorial Biography, 171. Rollie McKenna, Portrait of Dylan, A Photographer's Memoir (Stemmer House, 1982), 100. American Society of Magazine Photographer “Infinity” (February 1958), 15. ProvenanceGift of the artist
DescriptionMounted on thin board. Portrait of woman with light, wavy hair and indirect gaze, sitting in front of photos just above her head on patterned wall

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