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On The Line—His Shirt

1977

Irene Fay

Associated Names

Irene Fay

Artist, Swiss, 1914 - 1986

In the photograph, a white shirt is hanging on a clothesline. The color palette is black, white, and gray. The shirt is in the foreground, its long sleeves contrasting with the grass below. The background has a garden with tall grass, dandelions, and trees. The shirt is positioned slightly right of center on the line, against light and shadow created by the sun.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Dimensions

image/sheet: 13.8 × 13.5 cm (5 7/16 × 5 5/16 in.)
mount: 35.56 × 27.94 cm (14 × 11 in.)
Accession Number

2023.97.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Irene Fay; NGA purchase (through Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto), 2023.

Associated Names

Stephen Bulger Gallery

Inscriptions

signed by artist, on mount below image in graphite: On the Line - his shirt, 77 Irene Fay

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