Washington, D.C., A Bridge Game Does Not Disturb This Sleeper

1943

Esther Bubley

Associated Names
Esther Bubley

Artist, American, 1921 - 1998

In the foreground of the image, a woman is shown lying down, wrapped in blankets up to her shoulders, with only her head and arm visible. She is sleeping with her head resting on her right arm and a pillow, and has dark, wavy hair framing her face. In the background, four people are seated around a small table, engaging in what appears to be a card game. They are captured in a side view, all wearing modest, mid-century attire. A man on the left is seated on a chair, dressed in a dark suit, while a woman to his right wears a blouse and short hair. Opposite them, a man and woman are seated as well; the man is in a shirt and the woman is wearing a sweater. The room appears to be modestly furnished, with patterned wallpaper, a bed covered in a floral blanket, and a dresser holding a photograph in a frame. The window in the background is covered with curtains, adding to the domestic atmosphere, and there is a lamp on a small table, illuminating the room.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kent and Marcia Minichiello, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2019.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1987

  • Fisher, Andrea._ Let Us Now Praise Famous Women: Women Photographers for the US Government 1935 to 1944: : Esther Bubley, Marjory Collins, Pauline Ehrlich, Dorothea Lange, Martha McMillan Roberts, Marion Post Wolcott, Ann Rosener, Louise Rosskam_. London, 1987: 90.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: INVENTORY # 7.1


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