Woodbury Soap

1924

Margaret Watkins

Associated Names
Margaret Watkins

Artist, Canadian, 1884 - 1969

The image shows a bar of Woodbury's Facial Soap on top of a paper advertisement that reads, "A - SKIN - YOU LOVE - TO - TOUCH." The color palette is monochrome sepia. The bar of soap is in the foreground towards the bottom left corner, with the advertisement underneath it, extending partially towards the right. In the background, the edge of a circular basin is visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    mount: 24 × 31.2 cm (9 7/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
    mount: 15.6 × 20.7 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
    image: 15.4 × 20.4 cm (6 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.55.2

  • Copyright

    © The Estate of Margaret Watkins Courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Margaret Watkins, Glasgow, Scotland; bequeathed to Joseph Mulholland, who established the Estate of Margaret Watkins,1969; NGA purchase (through Robert Mann Gallery, New York), 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by the artist, lower right in graphite: Margaret Watkins 1924,; on verso, upper center: ad for / Woodbury's / Soap; by unknown hand, bottom center: 1997.5.a.249; bottom right: N4 67

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