| Maker(s): | Kappes, Alfred | | Culture: | American (1850 - 1894)
| | Title: | Tattered and Torn
| | Date Made: | 1886
| | Type: | Painting
| | Materials: | oil on canvas
| | Place Made: | United States
| | Measurements: | stretcher: 40 x 32 in.; 101.6 x 81.28 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | signed and dated at lower left: Kappes 1886
| | Accession Number: | SC 2001.3
| | Credit Line: | Purchased with the Beatrice Oenslager Chace, class of 1928, Fund, the Rita Rich Fraad, class of 1937, Fund for American Art, the Kathleen Compton Sherrerd, class of 1954, fund for American Art, and with restricted acquisition funds
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
interior with alcove at back left and small shaded window at back right of center, two figures sit in shadow near the window, older African American woman stands in front center under direct light head wrapped in white cloth, eyes closed, both arms up, match in one hand and cigarette in the other, dressed in very tattered and patched light colored dress, torn faded red jacket and boots; interior; woman; costume/uniform; man; smoking/smoking materials
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