Valerie

1980s, printed 1989

Mariette Pathy Allen

Associated Names
Mariette Pathy Allen

Artist, American, born Egypt, 1940

The image shows a person standing and facing the camera with their left shoulder slightly raised. They have clear blue eyes, a light complexion, and dark, shoulder-length wavy hair. The individual is dressed in a black strapless outfit and is holding a plush, speckled fur garment close to their chest. They are wearing dangling, bejeweled earrings and a matching necklace. The background is a bright, clear sky next to what appears to be a nature setting with some blurred-out foliage or dunes.

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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: 59.37 × 39 cm (23 3/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
    mount: 78.74 × 60.96 cm (31 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4566.2

  • 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: VALERIE / 12/50; by unknown hand, bottom left: 12.27.90.5; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1997.12.b

Wikidata ID

Q64157738

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