Rennie Booher and Edith, Danville, Virginia

1971

Emmet Gowin

Associated Names
Emmet Gowin

Artist, American, born 1941

The image shows two women sitting on a bed. The woman on the left is slightly hunched forward with her hands resting in her lap, her long white hair is pulled back, her facial features appear wrinkled, and she wears a long-sleeved dress with a collar. The woman on the right is sitting up straight, holding a harmonica to her mouth with both hands, her hair is pulled back, and she wears a long, light-colored nightgown. The room has a striped bedspread on an iron frame bed, pillows, and a small trunk beneath it. On the walls, there are a framed picture of fruit and various other objects, and a cloth-covered piece of furniture to the right, indicating a modestly furnished room.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.56 × 15.4 cm (6 1/8 × 6 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.3 × 20.32 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4138


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Emmet Gowin, Newton, PA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York), 1973; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Both Sides of the Street: Celebrating the Corcoran's Photography Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 12 – December 8, 2003

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: emmet gowin; lower left: HGHT; bottom center: RENNIE BOOHER AND EDITH, DANVILLE, VA, 1971; by unknown hand, bottom left circled: 53; bottom left corner: 90 -; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner: 1973.16

Wikidata ID

Q64147360

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