Nurse Midwife Maude Callen, New Dresses

1951

W. Eugene Smith

Associated Names
W. Eugene Smith

Artist, American, 1918 - 1978

The image shows four individuals in an outdoor setting. An older woman is bending forward, looking downward, wearing glasses and a light-colored dress with short sleeves. In front of her, a young girl is bending backward with one leg bent, wearing a patterned dress and dark shoes. Another young girl stands slightly to the side and back, barefoot, wearing a plaid dress with an oversized top draped over it. Behind them, on the porch of a building, a woman is holding a toddler. The woman wears a knee-length dress and a headscarf tied around her hair, cradling the child, who is in a diaper. The building behind them is wooden with visible planks and large windows. The ground appears sandy, casting distinct shadows.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert B. Menschel

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 33.9 × 26.5 cm (13 3/8 × 10 7/16 in.)
    mount: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.154.26

  • Series Title

    Nurse Midwife


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Robert B. Menschel, New York; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right impressed with graphite pencil: W. Eugene Smith; on verso, by unknown hand, top right in blue ink on applied label: RBM / ES-3; center artist stamp in black ink


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