Paula and Daughter, Lisa

1980s, printed 1989

Mariette Pathy Allen

Associated Names
Mariette Pathy Allen

Artist, American, born Egypt, 1940

The image depicts two individuals. One adult is in the foreground, slightly turned towards the camera. There is a child next to the adult, with their arms around the adult's shoulders. The adult has light styled hair, wearing a netted fascinator hat with a feather. They have bold makeup with red lipstick and eyeliner. The child has long, straight light reddish-blonde hair and freckles. The adult is dressed in a dark coat with a hint of red underneath and accessorized with gold jewelry. The child is wearing a yellow jacket. The background is softly blurred with a light-colored wall.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    dye imbibition print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Donald C. and P. Dee Kirkpatrick)

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 58.5 × 39.5 cm (23 1/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
    mount: 78.74 × 60.96 cm (31 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4566.1

  • Portfolio Title

    Transformations

  • Copyright

    © Mariette Pathy Allen, National Gallery of Art

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Donald C. and P. Dee Kirkpatrick, Bethesda, MD; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1997; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, lower left stamped in black ink: TRANSFORMATIONS / [line] / [line] / ED. NO. [line]; by Mariette Pathy Allen, graphite annotation in stamp: PAULA AND DAUGHTER LISA / 12/50; by unknown hand, bottom left: 8.7.90-7; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1997.12.a

Wikidata ID

Q64157737

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