Lady G., lb., Fly Away Home

April 1970

Bea Nettles

Artist, American, born 1946

Bea Nettles

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print and tracing paper with graphite, stitching, and insect parts

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Joshua P. Smith)

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 24.77 × 19.05 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
    mount: 35.56 × 27.94 cm (14 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4943


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist on mount, lower right below image in graphite: Nettles 4-70; lower left below image: Lady G., lb., fly away home; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 2003.24.35; on verso of mount, by unknown hand, bottom right: 79:097

Wikidata ID

Q64145101


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