Object number1987.53.57
Eudora Welty, Windsor Ruins, Port Gibson, Mississippi
Date1953
Artist
Rosalie Thorne McKenna
(American, 1918-2003)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 x 10 7/16 in. (33 x 26.5 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 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)
InscribedOn verso, by artist, lower center in ink: Mississippi / "WINDSOR" - EUDORA WELTY / 1953; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.57
MarkingsOn verso, stamped center upper: PHOTO BY: / ROLLIE MCKENNA / 438 EAST 88 STREET / NEW YORK 28, N. Y. / TEL. ENRIGHT 9-3889 / Not To Be Reproduced / Without Permission. / Please Credit With Photo; stamped center: ASMP MEMBER / AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHERS; stamped center lower: COPYRIGHT
ProvenanceGift of the artistVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryCamera Women, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 25, 2002 - March 24, 2002;Shooting Southern: Women Photographers Past and Present, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Al, April 30, 2010 - July 18, 2010
DescriptionWoman with downward gaze sitting on grass next to tree in front of series of architectural columns leading into the background
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