Object number1987.53.54
1987.53.54
Date1962
Artist
Rosalie Thorne McKenna
(American, 1918-2003)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 13/16 x 7 7/8 in. (25 x 20 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.1 x 20 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.1 x 20 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn verso, initialed center in ink: RMcK
InscribedOn verso, by artist, center in pencil: MARIANNE MOORE / #2 Her apt. in Brooklyn / N.Y. / Bust of Mrs Moore by Malvina Hoffman; by unidentified hand, lower left in red ink: 77%; lower right in maroon ink: 1962; lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.54
MarkingsOn verso, twice stamped upper left [vertically]: 7 208; partially obscured stamp upper center: Photo By: ROLLIE McKENNA / [copyright credit label] / Please Credit With Photo; stamped center: COPYRIGHT; stamped lower left in red: McGRAW-HILL BOOK CO. [partially enclosed by line along the sides and top]; stamped lower right: © Rollie Mc Kenna
On printed label, verso upper center: © 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), 143.
John Malcolm Brinnin and Bill Read, The Modern Poets, An American-British Anthology (McGraw-Hill, 1963), 236.
New York Times (April 23rd 1961), page unknown. ProvenanceGift of the artistExhibition HistoryShooting Southern: Women Photographers Past and Present, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Al, April 30, 2010 - July 18, 2010
DescriptionWoman in checkered dress sitting on stool in parlor with body turned to her left and face turned to her right
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