Edith, Danville, Virginia
Artist
Emmet Gowin
(American, born 1941)
Date1971; printed 1979
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches (20.32 × 25.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1400
SignedSignature and date on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "emmet gowin 1979"
InscribedInscription on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Edith, Danville, Virginia 1971"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "3 ayo [?] 11 + 15 6 + L...[?] 0 sel 1:2 / 2 min / may 1979";
On sheet verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "LIGHT #134" , "$750-"
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DescriptionImage of woman in nightgown seated at foot of bed; there is a wooden horse on the window sill beside her.Exhibition HistoryNew Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 – May 1, 1983.
Rotation 11. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 17, 2011 – March 18, 2012, no cat.
The Photographs of Emmet Gowin. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, July 1 – November 8, 2015, no cat.
Copyright© Emmet Gowin
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