Detail Photograph for The Two Ways of Life

Accession Number
2019/1.304.6

Title
Detail Photograph for The Two Ways of Life

Artist(s)
Oscar Gustave Rejlander

Object Creation Date
1857

Medium & Support
photogravure on Lana Gravure paper

Dimensions
20 ⅛ in x 16 ¼ in (51.12 cm x 41.28 cm);5 ⅞ in x 7 ⅞ in (14.92 cm x 20 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Margaret Bond

Physical Description
Two nude women rest on a leopard patterned surface. The reclining woman at right grasps the right arm of the other woman, who sits upright at center, wearing a pearl necklace and covering her face with sheer muslin.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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