Waitress

Date1992

Artist Duane Hanson (American, 1925 - 1996)

CultureAmerican

MediumNine unique instant-transfer prints (Polaroids)

DimensionsSheet (Each): 3 1/2 x 2 7/8 in. (8.9 x 7.3 cm)
Framed: 19 3/4 x 16 5/8 in. (50.2 x 42.2 cm)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedEach with a circular sticker affixed to the recto, by unidentified hand, sequentially numbered 1-9 lower right margin corner in ink; top three prints, lower left corner in pencil: 2; middle three prints: 1; bottom left and right prints: 3

MarkingsEach with a label affixed to the verso, stamped right: 12218210604-8 / PHOTOGRAPH BY DUANE HANSON / © ESTATE OF DUANE HANSON

BibliographyBrier, Jessica D. On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College in association with Scala Arts Publishers, Inc., 2022, pl. 12 ProvenanceEstate of Duane Hanson
Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, 2003
Private Collection
Phillips, New York, Photographs, July 13, 2020, lot 137
Purchased by a private collection

Vassar Exhibitions

On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print

Exhibition HistoryOn the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, August 20 - December 22, 2022
DescriptionNine images matted in a 3 x 3 grid of a waitress in different poses in a blue uniform with apron in the first row, a black uniform with apron in the second row, and a tan uniform with apron in the third row. She stands against a neutral background and has a pad of paper and pencil.

Terms

female

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