Felicity, Then and Now

1980s, printed 1989

Mariette Pathy Allen

Associated Names
Mariette Pathy Allen

Artist, American, born Egypt, 1940

The image shows an older person seated in a chair, captured from the waist up. They are sitting upright, with their hands resting on the arms of the chair. The person has short, curly gray hair and wears glasses. Their facial expression appears neutral, and features include a straight nose, thin lips, and a pair of earrings. The person is dressed in a burgundy jacket over a patterned purple top, complemented with a beaded necklace and a brooch. They wear a ring on one hand, and their nails are painted. On the wall behind them is a framed, sepia-toned photograph of a woman and child in a tender pose. The setting appears to be indoors with a partial view of a carpeted floor and some furniture.

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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.

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Inscriptions

on verso, lower left stamped in black ink: TRANSFORMATIONS / [line] / [line] / ED. NO. [line]; by Mariette Pathy Allen, graphite annotation in stamp: FELICITY THEN AND NOW / 13/50; by unknown hand, bottom left: 12.26.90.6; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1997.12.d

Wikidata ID

Q64157740

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