Design--Curves

Artist Margaret Watkins (Canadian, 1884 - 1969)

Date1919

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 1/4 inches (20.96 × 15.88 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4459

InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand On Mount

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DescriptionAbstract image composed of several curved objects, cropped, that appear in the top corners and lower left. A shadow is cast near the center of the frame.Gallery Label

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Margaret Watkins was a student at The Clarence H. White School of Photography in New York City. The school emphasized the principles of design that were common to all modes of artistic expression. This aesthetic, as seen here, resulted in works that merge realism and abstraction. Watkins received particular praise for her artistic transformation of the most common things: in this instance, the contents of her kitchen sink.

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