Vanessa

1980s, printed 1989

Mariette Pathy Allen

Associated Names
Mariette Pathy Allen

Artist, American, born Egypt, 1940

The image shows a person standing against a wall with their arms crossed in front of them. They have short, curly brown hair and are wearing a fur coat, black top, metallic pants, and a belt. Their fingernails are painted red. They have a wristwatch on the left wrist and a bracelet on the right wrist. The background is an old brick wall with peeling paint, and green foliage is visible on the left side.

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Provenance

Donald C. and P. Dee Kirkpatrick, Bethesda, MD; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1997; acquired by NGA, 2015.

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Inscriptions

on verso, lower left stamped in black ink: TRANSFORMATIONS / [line] / [line] / ED. NO. [line]; by Mariette Pathy Allen, graphite annotation in stamp: VANESSA / 12/50; by unknown hand, bottom left: 8.15.90-1; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1997.12.c

Wikidata ID

Q64157739

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