Black-owned Grocery Store, Sunday, Mileston, Mississippi

1968

Doris A. Derby

Associated Names
Doris A. Derby

Artist, American, 1939 - 2022

The image shows five people, with four girls sitting on wooden benches or rockers and one standing nearby. The standing person is holding an ice cream cone and wearing a checkered dress with a handbag on their arm. The seated girls are presented from the knees up, with the first two holding ice cream cones and laughing. The third seated individual wears a dark outfit with a pearl necklace and bracelet, while the last girl wears a white dress, sitting with arms resting on the chair's arms. They are positioned on a wooden porch with signs above them, including a "Pepsi" logo and another advertising soda. A tree branch partially hangs in the top of the frame. The wooden background and front porch setting suggest a rustic or rural locale.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David Knaus

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.9 × 32.7 cm (8 5/8 × 12 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 28 × 35.2 cm (11 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.149.1

  • Copyright

    © Doris A. Derby


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Doris Derby, Atlanta, GA; David Knaus, Palm Springs, CA; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, artist's signature stamped lower right in black ink: Doris A. Derby / —LIFETIME PRINT—; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 2/3


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