Emmet Gowin

Edith, Danville, Virginia
1971

A black and white photograph capturing a woman in a vintage dress sitting on the edge of a bed in a room with light filtering through sheer curtains. The room has a nostalgic feel with a rocking horse visible on the left and a wall-mounted animal head above the bed. The woman appears to be in a contemplative or relaxed pose, with one hand behind her head and the other resting on her knee. The image has a dreamlike quality due to the soft lighting and wide-angle perspective.

A black and white photograph capturing a woman in a vintage dress sitting on the edge of a bed in a room with light filtering through sheer curtains. The room has a nostalgic feel with a rocking horse visible on the left and a wall-mounted animal head above the bed. The woman appears to be in a contemplative or relaxed pose, with one hand behind her head and the other resting on her knee. The image has a dreamlike quality due to the soft lighting and wide-angle perspective.

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Date
1971

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 10in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Accession number
2020.167

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Marcia L. Due and Jerry L. Thompson

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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