Blackfriars Actress
Artist
Jacques Lowe
(American, born Germany, 1930 - 2001)
CultureAmerican
Date1954
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions6 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (15.9 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Daveed Frazier
Object number2021.62.50.2
Not on view
DescriptionA suite of 18 photographs documenting Iola Lynn, a small town Welsh actress, performing at the Blackfriars theater, including dress fitting, listening to critics from the director Dennis Gurney, inquiring about openings at casting agency, dinning, chatting backstage, preparing backstage, performing on stage, kissing a parakeet, putting on make-up, studying lines at night, grocery shopping, dress rehearsal, New YorkProvenanceSold to Dr. Daveed Frazier from Michael Mattis, 2015 | Donated to Chrysler Museum of Art from Dr. Daveed Frazier, 2021Published ReferencesIllustrated: The Sign, June 1954, cover and p.37-39