Untitled (Blurred girl in front of woman and girl posing)

1940s

American 20th Century

Associated Names
The photograph depicts three individuals. The two standing individuals are captured from head to toe, while the person in the foreground is partially outside the frame, with only the upper half of their body visible due to motion blur. The woman on the left stands next to a girl on her right. The woman has dark hair styled in an updo and wears a dress with decorative patterns on the bodice and short sleeves. The girl has shoulder-length hair, wears a light-colored dress with a belt, a hat, and appears to be wearing a necklace. The blurred figure in front is a child in dark clothing, with only their hair and blurred facial features slightly discernible. The background shows a garden or yard with leafless trees and shrubs, and the image is framed by a decorative border.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert E. Jackson

  • Dimensions

    image: 8 x 5.5 cm (3 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 9.6 x 7 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.134.13


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert E. Jackson, Seattle; gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978: From the Collection of Robert E. Jackson, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 2007 - 2008, no. 149.

Inscriptions

on verso, upper right stamped in black ink: 210; by Robert Jackson, center in graphite: 84

Wikidata ID

Q64144163

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