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| Maker(s): | Meisler, Meryl | | Culture: | American (1951-)
| | Title: | Self Portrait, My Childhood Bedroom Mirror, North Massapequa, NY
| | Date Made: | 1976 February
| | Type: | Photograph
| | Materials: | vintage gelatin silver print
| | Place Made: | Long Island
| | Measurements: | Mount: 19 5/8 in x 14 1/2 in; 49.8 cm x 36.8 cm; Image: 7 1/2 in x 7 3/8 in; 19 cm x 18.7 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | signature/date on recto below image right in pencil: Meryl Meisler 1976, title/date verso lower left center on mount in pencil: Self Portrait, My Childhood Mirror / North Massapequa, NY February 1976, signature/date on verso lower right center on mount in pencil: Meryl Meisler 1976, stamp on verso lower right: Photograph by / Meryl Meisler / 63 W. 92nd St. / N.Y.C., N.Y. 10025
| | Accession Number: | SC 2021.34.1
| | Credit Line: | Purchased with the fund in honor of Charles Chetham
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description: Mirror on a wall covered with photographs. Woman with her hands behind her head with a camera reflected in the center. Mirror on the surface below.
Label Text: Old label in RO
Tags: self-portraits; childhood; women artists; women; identity Subjects: Women artists; Self-portraits; Women; Photographic gelatin Link to share this object record: https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=SC+2021.34.1 |
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