House #3

c. 1975–1976, printed 1997–2004

Francesca Woodman

Associated Names
Francesca Woodman

Artist, American, 1958 - 1981

This black-and-white photograph shows a blurred person sitting against a corner of a deteriorating room. The person appears to be crouching by the wall, perhaps covered in a long piece of cloth. They are blurred, as if in motion; the only thing that can be seen clearly is a pale leg wearing a black shoe with a silver buckle. The room has chipped walls and a wooden floor covered with debris that look like broken shards of pottery and long strips of bark or wallpaper. Outside the window above the person, bare tree branches are visible.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Betty and George Woodman, New York. Anabel and E.J. Gonzalez; (sale, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 1 April 2009, lot 196, no. 39152); Heather and Tony Podesta, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2011.

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

2025

  • The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Inscriptions

on verso, signed, across bottom in graphite: George and Betty Woodman; estate stamp, lower left in black ink: PE/FW; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: IB; lower right in graphite: 19/40 p.28

Wikidata ID

Q64147615

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