Femme Malgache et Ses Enfants (Madagascan Woman and Her Children) (Plate 3)

1863

Désiré Charnay

Associated Names
Désiré Charnay

Artist, French, 1828 - 1915

The image shows four people standing closely together in a group. They are facing the camera with their eyes directed towards the viewer. The person on the far right has their arm around the person next to them. Each person has distinct facial features and hairstyles. The woman in the center has her hair styled in circular patterns and wears a long, patterned gown with layers, and seems to be holding the shoulder of the person beside her. The other three individuals, who appear to be younger, are dressed in lighter shades with loose-fitting shirts, pants, or skirts, all also patterned. The background is blurred, with a faint outline of foliage or a tree on the left and a structure further back on the right, against an open sky. None of the subjects are wearing jewelry or holding any objects.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 21 x 17.6 cm (8 1/4 x 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 42.6 x 29.9 cm (16 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.131.3


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Bibliography

1993

  • Hambourg, Maria Morris. The Waking Dream: Photography's First Century. Selections from the Gilman Paper Company Collection. Exh. cat. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993.

Inscriptions

Across center under image in ink: Femme Malgache et Ses Enfants.; vertical along right edge at center in graphite: 3.

Wikidata ID

Q64146575

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