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The Birthday Party

1992

Nancy Andrews

Associated Names

Nancy Andrews

Artist, American, born 1963

The image features two adult women, a young child, and a toddler. The child is blowing out a candle on a birthday cake. One woman is on the child's right and the other woman is on the left. Another woman is holding the toddler in the background. The setting appears to be indoors with a table set for an intimate gathering.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of Nancy Andrews and Annie O'Neill
Dimensions

image: 30.48 × 45.09 cm (12 × 17 3/4 in.)
sheet: 40.64 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)
Accession Number

2022.122.34
Copyright

© Nancy Andrews

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Andrews, Nancy

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right corner in graphite: Nancy Andrews © 1994; lower left corner: "The Birthday Party"; along lower right edge, by unknown hand in graphite: 107181 / #16

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