"Xmas '56 Doris 'May need a Bicarbonate?'"

December 1956

American 20th Century

Associated Names
A seated woman is shown from the waist up, turned to the side. She is in the act of eating, holding a spoon in one hand and a saucer in the other. She has short, wavy hair and is wearing glasses. She is dressed in a satin-like dress with sleeves that reach the elbows, and has a textured blanket around her shoulders. The room's background features tall, striped curtains, a dark-shaded lamp, and what appears to be a small, decorative evergreen tree. A portion of the photo is slightly blurred in the foreground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert E. Jackson

  • Dimensions

    image: 7.6 x 7.8 cm (3 x 3 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 8.8 x 9 cm (3 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.4.83


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert E. Jackson, Seattle; gift to NGA, 2007.

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, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in black ink: Xmas '56 Doris / "May Need a Bicarbonate?"; by Robert Jackson, upper center in graphite: 48; center left stamped in blue ink: A 6618

Wikidata ID

Q64144432

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