Search Results:

Viewing Record 1 of 1
 


Maker(s):Wilson, Martha
Culture:American (1947- )
Title:The Professional from A Portfolio of Models
Date Made:1974-2008
Type:Photograph
Materials:gelatin silver print with typewritten text
Place Made:United States
Measurements:frame: 20 in x 14 in; 50.8 cm x 35.56 cm; image: 9 3/8 in x 7 3/8 in; 23.8125 cm x 18.7325 cm
Narrative Inscription:  unsigned, undated
Accession Number:  SC 2011.27.5
Credit Line:Purchased with the Dorothy C. Miller, class of 1925, Fund
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
2011_27_5.jpg

Description:
grey backdrop paper; woman with a serious expression, wearing small fedora, in cuffed wide leg trousers, tie shows, striped shirt and velvet blazer lounges on a tall metal stool with her hands clasped on her lap; the text below the photograph says: The Professional She plays down her competence to get along. Perhaps she is not beautiful, but she is extremely well-groomed, approaching goddessdom at least by the cost of her outfit. Her sexuality is a point of debate: does her job fulfill her and make her a self-loving person, or does she succeed in her job because she is frigid?; feminist

Label Text:
This is edition 4 of 4, 2 AP. Additional writing on this object can be found at
Paper + People the Cunningham Center Blog.

Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=SC+2011.27.5

Research on objects in the collections, including provenance, is ongoing and may be incomplete. If you have additional information or would like to learn more about a particular object, please email fc-museums-web@fivecolleges.edu.

Viewing Record 1 of 1