Patzcuaro
Artist
Ellen Auerbach
(American, born Germany, 1906 - 2004)
Artist
Eliot Porter
(American, 1901 - 1990)
Date1956
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 13/16 × 7 3/8 inches (27.51 × 18.75 cm)
Mount: 14 1/16 × 11 1/16 inches (35.71 × 28.09 cm)
Mount: 14 1/16 × 11 1/16 inches (35.71 × 28.09 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Jack and Judy Stern
Object number2018.63.16
SignedBlack stamp with signature on mount verso, center, in black ink with pencil: "PHOTOGRAPH / BY / AUERBACH-PORTER / Ellen Auerbach"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "185 PA 107";
On mount verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "rmg17100";
On mount verso, lower right, in black pen: "11";
On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "2 / 1".
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionExterior image of woman holding baby wrapped in black shawl. She stands near a tree with piles of melon at its base. Slices of watermelon are on small wooden table in the foreground.ProvenanceDr. Jack and Judy Stern, Rye, NY;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Copyright© 1990 Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
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