West Virginia

September 1938

Marion Post Wolcott

Associated Names
Marion Post Wolcott

Artist, American, 1910 - 1990

The image depicts a woman standing next to a well or water pump. She is facing sideways with her head turned slightly towards the contraption. The woman has neatly pulled back hair, a long-sleeved dress with a floral or patterned design, a dark apron, and boots. A wooden bucket rests on the well next to her hand. In the background, there is a house with light-colored wooden siding, a garden, and a shadow creating striped patterns on the siding. The scene conveys a rural or suburban atmosphere.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.7 × 24.4 cm (7 3/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.6 × 25.4 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.166

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 9 February 1996; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper left FSA stamp in black ink; upper right FSA credit stamp in black ink; by unknown hand, center in graphite inverted: West Va. / 50082-D

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