War Theme

c. 1940

Barbara Morgan

Artist, American, 1900 - 1992

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 36.83 × 47.9 cm (14 1/2 × 18 7/8 in.)
    mount: 71.12 × 55.88 cm (28 × 22 in.)

  • Accession

    2022.177.3


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Barbara Morgan, Scarsdale, NY; Private collection, Michigan, 1982; (Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on mount in graphite: Barbara Morgan; lower left: Martha Graham --War Theme; on verso, center in black ink: Martha Graham - "War"- Not a dance / a photographic dance improvisation by Martha Graham for / Barbara Morgan / Wm Carlos Williams - poet - to use to illustrate a poem on the Spanish War.; by unknown hand, top left corner in graphite: K47; top right corner: Exhibit 415; bottom center: BMO-00542 -SP


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