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Artist/Maker
Mike Disfarmer
(American, 1884 - 1959)
Datec. 1932
MediumGelatin silver contact print
DimensionsImage: 5 in. × 3 1/16 in. (12.7 × 7.7 cm)
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (13.9 × 8.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael Sonnenfeldt and Katja Goldman
Object number2018.11.5
Not on view
DescriptionDepicts Cora Griffin Church (1906-1973) on the left with her son, Talmadge (1924-1977) of Drasco, Arkansas. On the right is Minnie Roberts (1920-2004) with her half-brother, Harold Jameson Fitzgerald (1927- ) of Heber Springs, Arkansas.
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2022-2023
Clinton, NY (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College). "Dialogues Across Disciplines: Building a Teaching Collection at the Wellin Museum of Art," September 17, 2022 - May 20, 2023
Clinton, NY (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College). "Dialogues Across Disciplines: Building a Teaching Collection at the Wellin Museum of Art," September 17, 2022 - May 20, 2023
Provenance
2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Michael Sonnenfeldt and Katja Goldman.
Markings
Verso, upper-center (pencil): "1-Bfed"
Verso, lower left (pencil): "1/2"
Verso, lower center (pencil): "001697"
Verso, lower left (pencil): "1/2"
Verso, lower center (pencil): "001697"
Signature
Not signed.
Inscribed
"Cora Church on the left / with her son Talmage / Mina [sic] Robison [sic] with her Half / Brother Hairl [sic] Jameser [sic] Fitzgerial [sic] / Drasco- / Ark-"
(The name is a misspelled version of Harold Jameson Fitzgerald).
(The name is a misspelled version of Harold Jameson Fitzgerald).
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