Portrait of a Family

1922

Edith R. Wilson

Artist, American, 1864 - 1924

Edith R. Wilson

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    R. K. Mellon Family Foundation

  • Dimensions

    image: 22 × 15.3 cm (8 11/16 × 6 in.)
    mount: 35.6 × 27.5 cm (14 × 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.178.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Margaret Watkins; (Robert Mann Gallery, New York, 2012); (Charles Isaacs, Photographs, Inc., New York); NGA purchase, 2013.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

-1

  • Margaret Watkins: Domestic Symphony, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, March 14 - May 11, 2013.

2014

  • A Subtle Beauty: Platinum Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on mount under image in graphite: Edith R Wilson.; on verso, by artist, center in graphite: Palladium Print [underlined] / Negro Family / By Edith R. Wilson, / Canaan Conn 1922. / (C.H.W. Summer School); by unknown hand, top center in graphite: full [?]; upper right corner: RMG 26111 869; across bottom: 2176 1997.cws.135 [CWS 69]

Wikidata ID

Q64147055

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