Edna St. Vincent Millay
Artist
Arnold Genthe
(American, born Germany, 1869 - 1942)
Dateca. 1916
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/8 inches (24.13 × 18.1 cm)
Mount: 12 1/8 × 9 13/16 inches (30.8 × 24.92 cm)
Mount: 12 1/8 × 9 13/16 inches (30.8 × 24.92 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2668
SignedSigned on mount recto, lower left, in pencil: "Arnold Genthe"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of young woman standing amid magnolia tree blossoms. She's wearing a dress with a wide collar and buttons up the front.Exhibition HistoryRotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
The poet Edna St. Vincent Millay appears pensive in this carefully composed portrait. A feminist known for her independent spirit, Millay was the third woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Arnold Genthe took this portrait at the home of the publisher Mitchell Kennerley, in
Mamaroneck, New York. Celebrated for his portraits of writers and actors, Genthe established a successful portrait studio in San Francisco. In 1911, he moved to New York City, continuing his portraiture while also photographing dance performances.
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1997;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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