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Sonia Hanging Laundry

Artist Joanne Leonard (American, born 1940)
Date1966
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 × 7 1/8 inches (17.78 × 18.11 cm)
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 8 inches (24.94 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joanne Leonard
Object number2017.41.9
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil.
InscribedTitled and dated on sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "Sonia, 1966"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of pregnant woman wearing sleeveless nightshirt hanging children’s laundry on clothesline. The grass she stands in is filled with tiny wildflowers.Provenance

Joanne Leonard, Ann Arbor, Michigan;

her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2017.

Copyright© Joanne Leonard
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