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1986

Milton Rogovin

Associated Names
Milton Rogovin

Artist, American, 1909 - 2011

The image depicts a woman sitting on a wooden bench. She has her upper body visible, with one leg crossed over the other. She is leaning back, resting her left arm on the backrest and her right hand on her knee. She has curly hair, a strong facial structure, wearing a blazer over a patterned top, shorts, sheer stockings, and high-heeled shoes. She is wearing large earrings and possibly a bracelet. The background includes a brick wall with white piping, grass, and a concrete path.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Milton Rogovin, Buffalo, NY; David Knaus, Palm Springs, CA; (Morehouse Gallery, Brookline, MA); Pierre Cremieux and Denise Jarvinen, Brookline, MA; gift to NGA, 2010.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center: Milton Rogovin; by artist, lower left: LWS-R 197-1; lower center: 1986; by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: T

Wikidata ID

Q64158142

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