Mother Teresa
Artist
Mary Ellen Mark
(American, 1940 - 2015)
CultureAmerican
Date1980
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 12 1/16 × 8 in. (30.6 × 20.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
InscribedVerso: "Mary Ellen Mark, Mother Teresa, Calcutta, 1980"
Credit LineGift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel
Object number2007.12.65
Not on view
DescriptionThis gelatin silver print is of Mother Teresa. She is dressed in a long white garb and has a white headscarf that is stripped at the edges over her head. She is standing with her arms folded.ProvenanceCollection of Robert B. and Joyce F. Menschel, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel, 2007 Exhibition History'Recent Photography Acquistions," Alice R. and Frank B. Sol Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, December 12, 2008.
Unknown
Late Dynasty 5-early Dynasty 6, reigns of Unas or Pepy I, 2375-2287 B.C.E.
