Martha Graham-Satyric Festival
Artist
Barbara Morgan
(American, 1900-1992)
CultureAmerican
Date1935, printed 1988
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in. (34.1 × 26 cm)
Overall: 20 × 15 13/16 in. (50.8 × 40.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 × 17 15/16 in. (55.9 × 45.6 cm)
Overall: 20 × 15 13/16 in. (50.8 × 40.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 × 17 15/16 in. (55.9 × 45.6 cm)
InscribedSigned in ink at right in lower margin: "Barbara Morgan - 1935"; on the reverse: "Martha Graham - SATYRIC FESTIVAL - 1935 Barbara Morgan - 1988"
Credit LineGift of Lloyd and Janet Morgan
Object number2007.22.4
Not on view
DescriptionThis gelatin silver print is of a woman dancing. She is in motion with her hair flying up. She is wearing a striped dress and one hand is stretched upward.Label TextBarbara Morgan American, 1900–1992 Martha Graham-Satyric Festival, 1935 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1988 Gift of Lloyd and Janet Morgan 2007.22.4 ProvenanceLloyd and Janet Morgan [managers of the Barbara Morgan archive], Hastings-on-Hudson, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Lloyd and Janet Morgan, 2008 Exhibition History"Martha Graham Dance Photographs by Barbara Morgan," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, April 29 - August 28, 2005. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014. Published ReferencesIntro by Peter Bunnell, _Barbara Morgan_ (Hastings-on-Hudson: Morgan & Morgan, 1972) A print of this photograph Barbara Morgan, _Martha Graham: Sixteen Dances in Photographs_ (New York: Morgan & Morgan, Inc.; 1st rev.ed. edition, 1980) ISBN: 978-0871001764 A print of this photograph
