Maid of Cotton Award: Karen Stark, Mrs. Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Nixon and Harvey Berin

April 28, 1954

Arthur Ellis

Associated Names
Arthur Ellis

Artist, American, 1912 - 1989

This is a photograph of four individuals holding documents. Two women are on the left side, one smiling and wearing a dark dress with pearl jewelry, including a heart-shaped pendant necklace and earrings. The other woman, behind her, wears a floral top with a fur stole and pearl accessories. On the right side, two men are focused on a document. One man in the middle wears a tuxedo and the other a suit and tie. In the background, a woman with a white floral hat is seated on a raised platform. The overall tone of the photograph is black and white.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Washington Post Library, Washington, DC; Arthur Ellis, Washington, DC; 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, top center, typed in black ink on tan paper: MAID OF COTTON / Left to right: Karen Stark, designer; Mrs. Richard M. / Nixon; Vice President Nixon; Harvey Berin, designer. Nixon / autographs Berin's program.; center left and center right stamped perpendicular in black ink: PHOTO BY ELLIS; center stamped perpendicular: APR 28 1954; center right stamped in red ink: WASHINGTON POST / LIBRARY / RECEIVED / APR 29 1954 / RETURN PROMPTLY; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2005.010.046

Wikidata ID

Q64144989

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