The Preacher's Family, South Carolina
Artist
Doris Ulmann
(American, 1882-1934)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1929-1931
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (21 × 15.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 1/2 × 6 7/16 in. (21.6 × 16.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 7/8 × 16 1/8 in. (50.5 × 41 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 1/2 × 6 7/16 in. (21.6 × 16.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 7/8 × 16 1/8 in. (50.5 × 41 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number84.176
Not on view
DescriptionPlatinum print depicting a group of black people.Label TextDoris Ulmann American (1882-1934) The Preacher's Family, South Carolina, ca. 1929-31 Platinum print Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 84.176 Doris Ulmann's sitters were part of the Gullah people of South Carolina's Low Country, who proudly retained much of their African culture. Exhibition History"The Portrait in America," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Jan. 26 - April 8, 1990. "The American Century: Art and Culture, 1900-2000 (Part I: 1900-1950)," Whitney Museum of American Art, April 22 - September 5, 1999. "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. "Women of the Chrysler: a 400-Year Celebration of the Arts," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - July 18, 2010. "Portraying a Nation: American Portrait Photography, 1850-2010," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 25, 2010 - September 11, 2011. "Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2020 - January 3, 2021.Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson, _The Portrait in America_. Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1990) p. 10; ill. p. 41 Barbara Haskell. _The American Century: Art & Culture 1900-1950_. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.. 1999: #475, p. 247.
Frederick H. Evans
1890
