Susie Bright and Honey Lee Cottrell, California

1980s

Mariette Pathy Allen

Associated Names
Mariette Pathy Allen

Artist, American, born Egypt, 1940

The image shows two people in a bathtub. The man is lying on his stomach with his back towards the viewer, his face resting on the woman’s shoulder. He has shoulder-length, curly hair and a tattoo on his upper back. The woman is reclined against the bathtub with her back to the tub's edge, her face turned slightly upward. She has short hair that is slicked back. Her facial features appear relaxed, and she is holding a cigarette in her right hand. The woman’s left arm is not visibly holding any objects. In the background, a vase of flowers and an ashtray are on a shelf. A poster featuring a figure in a harness is partially visible on the wall above them. The background is plain with white walls.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.23 × 33.34 cm (8 3/4 × 13 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.122.13

  • Copyright

    © Mariette Pathy Allen, National Gallery of Art


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mariette Pathy Allen, New York; NGA purchase (through CLAMP, New York), 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in black ink: Susie Bright + Honey Lee Cottrell / c. 1980s, Bay Area, CA / Mariette Pathy Allen


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