James Joyce

Artist Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991)

Date1928; printed later

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 3/16 inches (23.81 × 18.26 cm)
Mount: 16 1/2 × 14 inches (41.91 × 35.56 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.638

SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "BERENICE ABBOTT"; Artist's stamp on mount verso, bottom center, in black ink: "PHOTOGRAPH / BERENICE ABBOTT / ABBOTT, MAINE 04406"

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DescriptionPortrait of a seated man (James Joyce). He is wearing dark suit with a striped tie, a hat, and glasses. He his holding a cane in his right hand, and his left arm is resting on the back of a chair.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

20th-Century Photographs from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA, January 10 -February 22, 1981, no cat.

Masters of 20th-Century Photography from the Hallmark Collection. Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, IA. May 2 - June 13, 1982, no cat.

The Human Expression: 20^th Century Photographs. Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, TX, November 17, 1982 – January 16, 1983, no cat.

Faces: an Exhibition from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, MO, September 16 - October 21, 1984.

Women Photographers: an Exhibition from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Stephens College, Columbia, MO, January 22 - February 21, 1991, no cat.

In the Public Eye: Photography and Fame. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 8 - June 15, 2008, no cat.

Gallery Label

The Irish expatriate writer James Joyce (1882-1941) is best known for his challenging avant-garde works Ulysses (1922) and Finnegan's Wake (1939). While he spent most of his adult life in Paris and other European cities, Joyce's lasting subject was his home town of Dublin.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1974;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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