Untitled

c. 1949

Arthur Ellis

Associated Names
Arthur Ellis

Artist, American, 1912 - 1989

The image displays three children in a close-up view, focusing on their upper bodies. The child on the left sits on a chair near a table, blowing a bubble with a straw in his mouth. The middle child leans over the table, observing the bubble, while the child on the right rests his hands on the table. A woman with curled hair is on the far right, watching with a surprised expression. The background is a wooden-paneled wall with no other visible objects apart from the table and the expanding bubble.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frederica Ellis, wife of the artist, Washington, DC; Debra Weingarten Jacobs, niece of the artist, North Bethesda, MD, 2001; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2005; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Front Page: The Photographs of Arthur Ellis, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 2 – August 14, 2003

Inscriptions

on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2005.010.031

Wikidata ID

Q64144984

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