Woman Shading Eyes

1938

Nathan Lerner

Associated Names
Nathan Lerner

Artist, American, 1913 - 1997

The image depicts a group of individuals, primarily focusing on two people in the foreground, showing them from the waist up. The person on the left is an older man with distinct facial features and slightly graying hair mostly covered by a broad-brimmed hat. He wears a dark suit jacket over a shirt with a collar. Next to him, slightly behind, a woman is seen with her hand raised to her forehead. She has short dark hair and is dressed in a light-colored coat with a scarf knotted around her neck. The background features more people, blurred and slightly out of focus, dressed in suits and hats, standing against a brick facade. The lighting indicates strong sunlight, casting sharp shadows and highlighting textures of the clothing and the brick wall behind.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

  • Dimensions

    image: 23 × 17.4 cm (9 1/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.3 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.115.39


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nathan Lerner; Estate of Nathan Lerner, Chicago, 1997; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, center in graphite: "Woman Shading Eyes" / Nathan Lerner / 1936 [with 936 crossed out]/1938 / M [circled]; lower left: 026.283.3.09; lower center: #38.04.2; lower right, circled: N; lower right edge: INV1473; lower right, vertically along edge: 6b 7N

Wikidata ID

Q64158424

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