Untitled (Two women by television)

c. 1955

American 20th Century

Associated Names
The image shows two women captured from the waist up, leaning against an old-style television set. The woman on the left is slightly bent forward with her elbows resting on the TV, while the woman on the right stands more upright, leaning with one arm on the TV. The woman on the left wears her hair curled and styled with a flower accessory, and she has a smile. She is dressed in a light-colored top or dress. The woman on the right has her hair in soft waves, parted on the side, also smiling, and wears a white top tucked into a dark knee-length skirt with buttons near the waistband. Both women appear to be in a domestic setting, with sheer curtains in the background and decorative items on the TV console.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 7.8 × 7.6 cm (3 1/16 × 3 in.)
    sheet: 9.1 × 8.8 cm (3 9/16 × 3 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.267


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Ebay.com); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, lower left printed in blue ink perpendicular: 752


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