Maid of Honor with Bride in Slippers, Daufuskie Island, South Carolina
1980, printed 2022
Artist, American, born 1951

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 56.9 × 37.4 cm (22 3/8 × 14 3/4 in.)
sheet: 60.9 × 50.5 cm (24 × 19 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2024.7.3
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Copyright
© Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, South Kent, CT; NGA purchase, 2024.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2025
The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe 3/10; bottom left: Bride in slippers with Maid of Honor, Daufuskie Island, South Carolina; bottom center: 1980