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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
Martha Graham: Letter to the World (Swirl)
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.

Martha Graham: Letter to the World (Swirl)

Artist Barbara Morgan (American, 1900-1992)
CultureAmerican
Date1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 14 7/8 × 17 1/4 in. (37.8 × 43.8 cm)
Overall: 21 11/16 × 24 7/8 in. (55.1 × 63.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 × 28 in. (61 × 71.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number86.198
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print photograph.

Label TextBarbara Morgan American, 1900–1992 Martha Graham: Letter to the World (Swirl), 1940 Gelatin silver print (photograph) Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 86.198 Exhibition History"A History of Photography: 15 Years of Photography at the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA; September 11, 1993-March 6, 1994. "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. "Photographs Take Time: Pictures from the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, April 6 - August 26, 2018.