My Aunt Clara and My Mother Hilda
Artist
Joan Liftin
(American, 1935 - 2023)
Date1985
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 × 17 7/8 inches (30.48 × 45.39 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 inches (40.46 × 50.47 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 inches (40.46 × 50.47 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2019.39.18
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in black pen: "Joan Litfin"
InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left corner, in black pen: "1985 My Aunt Clara and my mother, Hilda"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of two elderly women seated next to one another in the booth of a diner. The woman on the left wraps her arm around the shoulders of the other woman as she leans closer to her; they both smile. Cups on saucers rest on the table in front of them.ProvenanceHall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2019;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
Copyright© Estate of Joan Liftin
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