Amy's First Day, Indianola, Mississippi

1965

Maria Varela

Associated Names
Maria Varela

Artist, American, born 1940

The image shows a young girl sitting in a wooden bench, facing slightly towards the camera with her head inclined downward and hands clasped in her lap. Her facial features are partly obscured by shadows. She has youthful features and her hair is styled in neat braids. She is wearing a buttoned cardigan over a dress, and the textures of her clothing are visible in the light. The room is dimly lit, with light coming in from windows and casting shadows on the wooden surfaces. The walls are decorated with posters and papers.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.5 × 10.9 cm (6 1/2 × 4 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.8 × 12.6 cm (7 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.87.4


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Maria Varela; (Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Photo by / MARIA VARELA / LA PUENTE, N.M. / Box 7505 / [illegible] 87194; upper left: AMY'S FIRST DAY / Indianola Miss, 1965; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: PF12192


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