Accession Number
1996/1.44

Title
Gerhard Marcks, Standing Woman

Artist(s)
Clarence John Laughlin

Object Creation Date
1954

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
9 1/2 in. x 7 5/8 in. ( 24.1 cm x 19.3 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Charles R. Eisendrath

Label copy
According to donor Charles Eisendrath, his father William Eisendrath was the assistant director of The St. Louis Art Museum and founded the Washington University Gallery of Art. Since Laughlin's "On a Theme of White" (1996/1.46) depicts Harriet Hosmer's sculpture "Oenome," which belongs to the collection of Washington University, and since the verso of the photograph's mount bears a dedication to William Eisendrath, it was probably he who commissioned Laughlin to photograph sculpture in the Gallery's [or University's?] collection. The other three photographs given by Charles Eisendrath to the University of Michigan Museum of Art (1996/1.44, 1996/1.45, 1996/1.47) may also belong to the same collection, especially since the first two works show backgrounds similar to that in 1996/1.46.
--Annette Dixon

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
Figures
modern and contemporary art
nudes
standing