War Theme

c. 1940

Barbara Morgan

Associated Names
Barbara Morgan

Artist, American, 1900 - 1992

The image shows a person in a dance pose. They are leaning backward, arching their back with arms extended outward. Their head is thrown back and their long hair is flowing towards the floor. The person is wearing a dark, flowing dress with structured shoulders. The background is a light-colored wall and a section of wooden floor is visible. No additional objects are present in the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 36.83 × 47.9 cm (14 1/2 × 18 7/8 in.)
    mount: 71.12 × 55.88 cm (28 × 22 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.177.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Barbara Morgan, Scarsdale, NY; Private collection, Michigan, 1982; (Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on mount in graphite: Barbara Morgan; lower left: Martha Graham --War Theme; on verso, center in black ink: Martha Graham - "War"- Not a dance / a photographic dance improvisation by Martha Graham for / Barbara Morgan / Wm Carlos Williams - poet - to use to illustrate a poem on the Spanish War.; by unknown hand, top left corner in graphite: K47; top right corner: Exhibit 415; bottom center: BMO-00542 -SP

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