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Sharon in a Party Hat

1974

Joan Cassis

Associated Names

Joan Cassis

Artist, American, 1952 - 1996

The image shows a young girl standing on a bare mattress against a textured, patchy wall with peeling sections. She has long blonde hair and wears a colorful, patterned hat. She wears a long-sleeved shirt with a graphic on the front, an apron, white pants, and socks. The mattress has two striped pillows and crumpled sheets, and the background wall has muted, weathered tones with visible wear.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print with applied color
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Victoria Cassis in memory of her daughter Joan Cassis)
Dimensions

image: 33.02 × 21.59 cm (13 × 8 1/2 in.)
sheet: 35.56 × 27.62 cm (14 × 10 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.4710

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Victoria Cassis, mother of the artist, Baltimore, MD; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001; acquired by NGA, 2015.

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Inscriptions

on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2001.36.1

Wikidata ID

Q64155873

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