At Play
1938
Artist, American, 1912 - 1989
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Estate of Frederica Ellis, wife of Arthur J. Ellis)
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Dimensions
image: 15.8 × 21 cm (6 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.)
sheet: 16.51 × 21.59 cm (6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.4997
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Frederica Ellis, wife of the artist, Washington, DC; Debra Weingarten Jacobs, niece of the artist, North Bethesda, MD, 2001; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2005; acquired by NGA, 2015.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2003
Front Page: The Photographs of Arthur Ellis, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 2 – August 14, 2003
Inscriptions
on verso, upper right stamped in faded black ink with graphite annotations: WASHINGTON POST / ROTO / Page [2] No. [2] Date [DEC 4]; by unknown hand, center in graphite: at play; lower left reversed: 6 5/8 x 5 1/8; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2005.010.018
Wikidata ID
Q64144979