Altum Silentium - Self-Portrait, Reta May Morter

1922

Mesdames Morter

Artist, British, active 1920 - 1930

Dorothy Morter

Artist, British, 1888 - 1976

Reta Morter

Artist, British, 1892 - 1977

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 36.5 × 26 cm (14 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
    mount: 58.5 × 50.5 cm (23 1/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2020.66.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Christie’s, South Kensington, 1 November 1990, lot 208); (Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on mount in black ink: Picture Mesdames Morter; lower left: London 1922.; lower center: "Altum Silentium."; on verso, signed by artist, center in black ink: "Altum Silentium" / by / Mesdames Morter / 4 Lower Grosvenor Place / London S.W.I. / Class I No 4. Bromide Enlargement / Italian Salon No. 2; upper left 1924 Bolton Camera Club exhibition label; by unknown hand, lower center in blue crayon: 237P; lower center in red crayon: 1851; lower right: C; bottom right in graphite: HF5423V

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