Fashion Study

1970s

Deborah Turbeville

Associated Names
Deborah Turbeville

Artist, American, 1932 - 2013

The image depicts a person in profile, with their arms bent at the elbows, hands on a wall, facing it. The individual is wearing a head wrap or hat, a sleeveless top, and long light-colored pants or a skirt. The person's facial features are not clearly visible, and their hair is obscured. The background shows a light-filled room with high arched windows, creating soft shadows. The floor and walls are plain, contributing to a minimalist ambiance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    diffusion transfer print (Polaroid)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 7.3 × 9.6 cm (2 7/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 8.6 × 10.8 cm (3 3/8 × 4 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.164

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Polaroid Collection, New York; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 22 June 2010, lot 41); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, top left printed in red ink: 8 POLAROID ®; top right: TYPE 107; by unknown hand, upper center in blue ink: STAT 3" HORJ [?]; center in graphite: 2. 80. / Turbeville; center right printed in black ink perpendicular: B4027391FG

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