Arvia MacKaye (1902-1989) Looking Left
Doris Ulmann, American, 1882 - 1934
about 1925
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 × 6 1/8 in. (20.3 × 15.6 cm)
Overall: 14 1/4 × 11 1/4 in. (36.2 × 28.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Marion MacKaye Ober
2007.75.3
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, on mat below image: Doris Ulmann
Published References
Ege, Arvia MacKaye, The Power of the Impossible: The Life Story of Percy and Marion MacKaye. Falmouth, ME: The Kennebec River Press, 1992.
Provenance
Percy (1875-1956) and Marion MacKaye (d. 1939), bequeathed (as part of the contents of their Plainfield house) to their children Robert Keith "Robin" MacKaye (1899-1992), Arvia MacKaye (1902-1989), and Christy MacKaye Barnes (1909-2001), 1956; Christy MacKaye Barnes (who took on her siblings' share of the house and its contents shortly after the bequest); given to her daughter Marion MacKaye Ober, 1989; given to present collection, 2007.
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