Telephone Girls

1925

Harris & Ewing, Inc.

Associated Names
Harris & Ewing, Inc.

Artist, American, 1905 - 1977

Three women are shown from the waist up, standing in a row against a brick wall. The woman on the left has short, wavy hair and a cheerful expression, wearing a dark outfit with a checkered bow. The woman in the middle has short hair and a slight smile, wearing a light-colored coat over a blouse. The woman on the right has styled short hair, looks at the camera with a subtle smile, and wears a dark jacket over a light top. Each woman wears outdated headphones with visible wires across their chests, and the woman on the right holds a part of the device. The background is a plain, textured brick wall. An artistic black circle and white lines overlay the photo.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Robert Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 16 × 23.6 cm (6 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.8 × 25.7 cm (7 × 10 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.111.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection of David Winter, New York; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in grey and white paint; bottom left printed in negative: HARRIS & EWING; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: Telephone [underlined] girls; upper center Harris & Ewing copyright stamp in red ink; upper right stamped in purple ink: REFERENCE DEPT / OCT 6 1925 / N. E. A.; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: A659


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