Staten Island, New York

1962

William Carter

Associated Names
William Carter

Artist, American, born 1934

The image shows a young girl from the waist up, positioned slightly sideways with her head turned towards the camera. Her hair is long and tousled, partially obscuring her face, which is angled slightly downward. She has an intent expression with noticeable, serious eyes. She is wearing a plaid dress with short sleeves and smocking across the chest. Her right hand is grasping the back of a chair or an object that is not fully visible. In the background, there is a kitchen setting with a stove and two lids hanging on the wall, along with several pots and a kettle on the stove, all depicted in grayscale.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Artist

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.5 × 16.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.117.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William Carter, Los Altos Hills, CA; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2011

  • Carter, William. Causes and Spirits: Photographs from Five Decades. Göttingen, 2011, jacket and p. 29.

Inscriptions

on overmat, signed by artist, lower right below image in graphite: William Carter

Wikidata ID

Q64170281

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