Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe

Miss Bertha, South Carolina

1977, printed 1997

Elderly woman in patterned shirt and straw hat rests her chin on her hand, looking thoughtful.
Elderly woman in patterned shirt and straw hat rests her chin on her hand, looking thoughtful.

Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Miss Bertha, South Carolina, 1977, printed 1997. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm) Image: 8 3/4 × 13 1/4 in. (22.2 × 33.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Michael I. Jacobs in honor of Sylvia Wolf 2001.188. © Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe

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Date
1977, printed 1997

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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

Accession number
2001.188

Credit line
Gift of Michael I. Jacobs in honor of Sylvia Wolf

Rights and reproductions
© Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe

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