Untitled (Helen Herendeen)
Artist
Marjorie Content
(American, 1895 - 1984)
Date1926
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 13/16 inches (8.89 × 7.14 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3911
SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "Marjorie Content"
InscribedDated on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "1926"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "30-", "3 R";
On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "MC-37".
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionVery dark close-up image of woman's face.Exhibition HistoryRotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
This intimate portrait of the Broadway actress Helen Herendeen conveys emotional intensity despite its small scale. The photograph is slightly blurred, cropped to frame only the woman’s expressive face, and printed to emphasize her upturned eyes. It compels us to imagine what rivets Herendeen’s gaze beyond the frame.
Jill Quasha, New York, NY;
Purchased from Jill Quasha by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1993;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Jill Quasha by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1993;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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