Object number1987.53.135
Angelo—Sacrestan of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy—His Wife and Their Granddaughter on the Day of Her First Communion
Date1951
Artist
Rosalie Thorne McKenna
(American, 1918-2003)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 7/16 x 10 9/16 in. (34.1 x 26.8 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)
SignedOn reverse of mount, initialed lower center: R McK
InscribedOn reverse of mount, possibly by artist, upper edge in ink: ANGELO & WIFE; upper center: ANGELO – SACRESTAN OF / SAN LORENZO, FLORENCE, ITALY — / HIS WIFE AND THEIR GRAND- / DAUGHTER ON THE DAY OF / HER FIRST COMMUNION.; lower center in pencil: 1950-51? / Copyright R McK; lower right corner in ink: $25.00; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.135
MarkingsOn reverse of mount, stamped center: 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
BibliographyRosalie Thorne McKenna, Rollie McKenna: A Life in Photography (New York: Knopf, 1991), 96.
Rollie McKenna Artists & Writers (National Portrait Gallery, London, 2001), back cover.
Variant: Artists at Large: Photographs by Rollie McKenna (The Currier Gallery of Art Manchester, New Hampshire with Vassar College Art Gallery, 1982), 3.
“Free-Wheeling Portraiture,” Popular Photography (November 1960 edition), page unknown. ProvenanceGift of the artistVassar Exhibitions
DescriptionFamily portrait of young girl in long white dress, veil and white gloves with grandparents
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Rosalie Thorne McKenna
1961
Culture: American
