The Prom Queen

1991

Nancy Andrews

Associated Names
Nancy Andrews

Artist, American, born 1963

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G27

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Nancy Andrews and Annie O'Neill

  • Dimensions

    image: 52.71 × 45.72 cm (20 3/4 × 18 in.)
    sheet: 60.96 × 50.8 cm (24 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.122.5

  • Series Title

    Family: A Portrait of Gay and Lesbian America

  • Copyright

    © Nancy Andrews

More About this Artwork

Article:  A Portrait of Gay and Lesbian America 30 Years On

Photographer Nancy Andrews reflects on her project searching for, and bringing visibility to, her community.

In this black and white photograph, a woman wearing a black dress leans toward an arched mirror set into a wall, so we see the woman twice in this double portrait. We are situated slightly below her so we look up at the woman, who gazes down and to our right. The surface of the wall is smooth but lightly textured, like adobe. Trees reflected in the mirror indicate that this is outdoors. The woman in front of us takes up the left half of the composition. She faces our right in profile and leans to our right, at the far edge of the mirror. Her dark hair is pulled up in ribbon entwined braids. She wears long, chandelier style earrings and her high-necked black dress has puffed, lace sleeves. We see her face straight on in the mirror’s reflection. The woman’s distinctive brows knit together over her rounded nose.

Article:  15 LGBTQ+ Artists to Know

Discover the lives of 15 LGBTQ+ artists and their art, much of which you can see at the National Gallery.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nancy Andrews, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Nancy Andrews © 1994; lower left: "The Prom Queen" / Prom

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