Family in Doorway, Naples, Italy

1944

Wayne Miller

Associated Names
Wayne Miller

Artist, American, 1918 - 2013

The image depicts five individuals in front of a doorway. A woman is seated in the doorway, holding a young child's hand. Another man and two children are standing nearby. The man has short dark hair and a mustache, while the woman has unkempt hair. She wears a dark dress with rolled-up sleeves, and the man wears a dark short-sleeved shirt and trousers. The children are dressed in simple attire. In the foreground, there is a wooden crate and part of a broken chair. The background shows a weathered doorway with visible cracks and textures on the surrounding wall, indicating an older building.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Wayne F. Miller Family

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.5 × 27.3 cm (10 13/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 35.3 × 27.9 cm (13 7/8 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.89.35

  • Copyright

    © Wayne F. Miller

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Wayne Miller, Orinda, CA; Jeanette Miller, Lafayette, CA; gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by artist, lower right printing notes in graphite; bottom center: TR-13030 C

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