Untitled

1972

Mikki Ferrill

Associated Names
Mikki Ferrill

Artist, American, born 1937

The image shows a woman lying on a couch. She is reclining against the backrest with one arm up over her head and the other resting at her side. The woman has short hair and is looking directly at the camera. She is wearing a short-sleeved, light-colored blouse and a patterned skirt with dark shoes. The couch is floral-patterned, with knitted covers and round decorative pillows. A small pile of folded clothing or fabric is on the couch next to her. On the coffee table in front of the couch, there is a bowl of nuts or similar items, several photographs, and a small object that could be a candle or ornament. The room in the background includes another chair, framed photographs, and patterned wallpaper. The image is in black and white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 11.4 × 16.6 cm (4 1/2 × 6 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.2 × 25.4 cm (7 15/16 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.98.6


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anthony Barboza, Westbury, NY; (Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 2020.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2025

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

Inscriptions

on verso, center stamped in black ink: Photo by / Mikki Ferrill; by unknown hand, lower right in red ink: Chgo 1971; bottom right in graphite perpendicular: 6


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