Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe

Miss Bertha, South Carolina
1977, printed 1997

A black and white photograph of an elderly woman wearing a straw hat and a patterned blouse, resting her chin on her hand in a thoughtful pose. She appears to be sitting at a table with indistinct items in the background.

A black and white photograph of an elderly woman wearing a straw hat and a patterned blouse, resting her chin on her hand in a thoughtful pose. She appears to be sitting at a table with indistinct items in the background.

On view
Floor 7

Date
1977, printed 1997

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm) Image: 8 3/4 × 13 1/4in. (22.2 × 33.7 cm)

Accession number
2001.188

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Michael I. Jacobs in honor of Sylvia Wolf

Rights and reproductions
© Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe

API
artworks/15288

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