Carl Van Vechten

Dorothy Dow as Susan B. Anthony, Belva Kibler as Anne
1947

Two women in vintage clothing are seated opposite each other with an ornate floral curtain backdrop. The woman on the left is looking down at a book she is holding, while the woman on the right gazes directly at her. A vase with flowers sits between them on a small table, and the setting suggests a scene from the late 19th or early 20th century.
Two women in vintage clothing are seated opposite each other with an ornate floral curtain backdrop. The woman on the left is looking down at a book she is holding, while the woman on the right gazes directly at her. A vase with flowers sits between them on a small table, and the setting suggests a scene from the late 19th or early 20th century.

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Date
1947

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 7 7/16in. (25.4 × 18.9 cm) Image: 10 × 7 7/16in. (25.4 × 18.9 cm)

Accession number
2013.160

Series
The Mother of Us All

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Collection of Philip Taaffe

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/44211

Carl Van Vechten
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