"C. Gaikowski"

July/August 1956

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

The image depicts the upper body of a person standing angled towards the left, seen from the back. The person has shoulder-length straight hair and is wearing a dark dress with wide, light-colored straps that form a V shape on their back. A ribbon hangs down from the straps. The background shows a wooden or dark-paneled surface to the left and patterned wallpaper or fabric. The photograph is monochrome with a decorative border.
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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

    2007.4.64

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. 110.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, upper center in blue ink: C. Gaikowski; on verso, by unknown hand, center left in graphite: Carol G., Aug. or July '56; center left stamped in blue ink: A 2567; by Robert Jackson, center right in graphite: 11

Wikidata ID

Q64144418

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