"Joan Hensel, I.B.M.-T.L.C."

March 1956

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

The image shows a woman standing in a three-quarter pose facing slightly to the left. Her facial features are slightly out of focus with her eyes closed. She has dark hair styled in a short, wavy fashion and is wearing a light-colored turtleneck sweater under a dark cardigan and skirt. She holds a light-colored clutch bag in her right hand. The background is dark with handwritten text on the top and bottom borders.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert E. Jackson

  • Dimensions

    image: 7.6 x 7.8 cm (3 x 3 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 8.8 x 9 cm (3 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.4.119

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert E. Jackson, Seattle; gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978: From the Collection of Robert E. Jackson, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 2007 - 2008, no. 194.

Inscriptions

On recto, upper center in blue ink: Joan Hensel; center left in blue ink: I.B.M.-T.L.C.; lower center in blue ink: Mar. 1956. On verso, center, by Robert Jackson, in graphite: 8, center left, stamped in blue ink: A 5230.

Wikidata ID

Q64144407

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