Sible Akins and her Grandmother
Mike Disfarmer, American, 1884 - 1959
about 1940
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 5 3/8 × 3 7/16 in. (13.7 × 8.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Harley and Stephen C. Osman, Class of 1956, Tuck 1957
2006.95.16
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed on reverse, in graphite, vertically across center: Sible [crossed out] Akins and her / grandmother. Sible was 11 years / old; inscribed on reverse, in black ink, lower left corner: Aunt Louester / daughter + / grandma Taylor; inscribed, on reverse of paper mount, in graphite, top left: DFSOZA80; imprinted on reverse of paper mount, in black ink, lower center: ORIGINAL / DISFARMER / PHOTOGRAPH; [Note: reverse is printed as a postcard]
Provenance
Collection of Michael Mattis, Scarsdale, New York; sold to Harley and Stephen C. Osman, Stamford, Connecticut; given to present collection, 2006.
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