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Ruth Bryan Owen, America's first lady ambassador, Copenhagen
Ruth Bryan Owen, America's first lady ambassador, Copenhagen

Ruth Bryan Owen, America's first lady ambassador, Copenhagen

Artist Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, born Poland, 1898 - 1995)
Date1934
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 3/8 inches (29.21 × 23.81 cm)
Mount: 18 7/8 × 13 1/2 inches (47.94 × 34.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.66.63
SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in black pen: "Eisenstaedt"
InscribedDated on mount recto, lower left, in black pen: "1934"; Inscribed on mount verso, top, in blue pen: "Ruth Bryan Owen, America's first lady ambassador Copenhagen 1934".
MarkingsNumbered on mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "63"
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DescriptionImage of woman seated in fancy chair as she writes a letter on her lap; a man bends down nearby to offer her tea service; beside her is a full length mirror and ottoman.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Alfred Eisenstaedt / Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images
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