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Image Not Available for Mother and Infant [Jean Sparber and Baby Peter]
Mother and Infant [Jean Sparber and Baby Peter]
Image Not Available for Mother and Infant [Jean Sparber and Baby Peter]

Mother and Infant [Jean Sparber and Baby Peter]

Artist Ruth Orkin (American, 1921 - 1985)
Date1947
MediumGelatin silver print, printed later
DimensionsOverall, Image: 13 5/8 × 9 in. (34.6 × 22.9 cm)
14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMuseum purchase in memory of Ann R and Sol B Frank
Object number2020.38.2
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print that depicts a woman holding a child. The woman wears a polka dot shirt and looks to the side, and the baby is naked, seen from the back. The photograph measures 14 x 11in. and the image measures 13 5/8 x 9in. It is signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the overmat, and signed, titled, dated and inscribed '3rd prize, Life contest, 1951' in pencil on the verso