Untitled (Flower)
Artist
Marjorie Content
(American, 1895-1984)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1928
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 2 11/16 x 3 7/16 in. (6.8 x 8.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
InscribedSigned on reverse: "Marjorie Content"; written in pencil on reverse, above signature: "ca. 1928" / "10"; written in pencil on reverse at BL:"MC-12-3".
Credit LineThe Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Funds
Object number93.9.1
On View
Not on viewLabel TextMarjorie Content American (1895-1984) Untitled (Flower), ca. 1928 Gelatin-silver print Purchase, Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Funds 93.9.1 The exquisite delicacy and formal beauty of Marjorie Content's still lifes, portraits, and landscapes was little known in her lifetime; her work was published only twice and never exhibited. Although it is not certain when she began making photographs, her most ambitious work dates to the mid to late 1920s, during which time she also achieved success as a costume designer. During the summers of 1931 through 1933, Content traveled throughout the southwest photographing Native Americans and making abstract landscapes. After the late 1930s she photographed sporadically, devoting most of her time to her fourth husband, writer Jean Toomer. In 1995, the Chrysler organized the first solo exhibition of Content's work, borrowing her photographs from more than 22 museums and private collections. Three of her photographs are in the Chrysler collection. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 11/07/2003Exhibition History"Marjorie Content", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, December 10, 1994 through March 5, 1995. "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.
