Red Hats

1984, printed later

Mariette Pathy Allen

Associated Names
Mariette Pathy Allen

Artist, American, born Egypt, 1940

The image shows two women from the waist up, each dressed in elegant attire. The woman in the foreground faces the camera with her body slightly angled to the left. She has smooth, dark skin and neatly styled short hair visible beneath a wide-brimmed red hat with a white band and decorative feather. She wears a red polka-dotted scarf around her neck and a white jacket over her shoulders, accessorized with a small white purse. Her gloves are white and patterned. The woman in the background is facing to the right and has black hair styled similarly. She wears a large red hat with a black mesh veil and a red glove on one hand. She appears to be wearing a white long-sleeved outfit. The background is dimly lit, emphasizing the women's stylish attire.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    inkjet print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.74 × 58.42 cm (15 1/4 × 23 in.)
    sheet: 40.64 × 60.96 cm (16 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.122.4

  • Copyright

    © Mariette Pathy Allen, National Gallery of Art


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mariette Pathy Allen, New York; NGA purchase (through CLAMP, New York), 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in black ink: Red Hats, taken at a House Ball, / Harlem, NYC 1984 / Mariette Pathy Allen


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