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Artist/Maker
Mike Disfarmer
(American, 1884 - 1959)
Datec. 1930s-40s
MediumGelatin silver contact print
DimensionsImage: 4 7/16 × 2 15/16 in. (11.2 × 7.5 cm)
Sheet: 4 15/16 × 3 7/16 in. (12.5 × 8.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael Sonnenfeldt and Katja Goldman
Object number2018.11.4
Not on view
DescriptionDepicts a man and adolescent girl seated on a table in front of a dark backdrop. Per the inscription on the verso, it is possible that the image depicts Bessie Adcock (1925-2014) of Heber Springs, Arkansas.
Additional Details
Provenance
2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Michael Sonnenfeldt and Katja Goldman.
Inscribed
Verso, upper center (pencil): "Bessie Adcock"
Verso, center (pencil): "15"
Verso, lower left (pencil): "001469"
Verso, lower center (pencil): "FT"
Verso, center (pencil): "15"
Verso, lower left (pencil): "001469"
Verso, lower center (pencil): "FT"
Mike Disfarmer
Date: c. 1952
Medium: Gelatin silver contact print
Object number: 2020.9.101
Mike Disfarmer
Date: 1925-1930
Medium: Gelatin silver contact print
Object number: 2020.9.103
Mike Disfarmer
Date: 1945-1950
Medium: Gelatin silver contact print
Object number: 2015.12.17
Mike Disfarmer
Date: 1936
Medium: Gelatin silver contact print
Object number: 2016.17.14
Mike Disfarmer
Date: 1944
Medium: Gelatin silver contact print
Object number: 2013.5.15
Mike Disfarmer
Date: 1941-1945
Medium: Gelatin silver contact print
Object number: 2016.17.17
Mike Disfarmer
Date: May 1941
Medium: Gelatin silver contact print
Object number: 2014.8.34
Mike Disfarmer
Date: c. 1948
Medium: Gelatin silver contact print
Object number: 2020.9.102
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 350-320 BCE
Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.30
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 23, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.241