Arvia MacKaye (1902-1989) as a Child
Arnold Genthe, American (born Germany), 1869 - 1942
about 1913
Autochrome in original viewing case
Sight: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Overall: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)
Sight: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Case: 9 3/16 × 7 1/4 in. (23.4 × 18.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from the Estate of David Hull and through the Claire and Richard P. Morse 1953 Fund
2007.78.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 17.2, FILM 50, When Media Were New, Katie Hornstein, Spring 2014
ARTH 48.08, The Photographic Medium, Allan Doyle, Winter 2019
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
Exhibition History
"Photographs and Historical Processes," Picture Gallery, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH, September 1 - October 31, 1995).
Published References
Ege, Arvia MacKaye, The Power of the Impossible: The Life Story of Percy and Marion MacKaye. Falmouth, ME: The Kennebec River Press, 1992.
Provenance
Percy (1875-1956) and Marion MacKaye (d. 1939), bequeathed (as part of the contents of their Plainfield house) to their children Robert Keith "Robin" MacKaye (1899-1992), Arvia MacKaye (1902-1989), and Christy MacKaye Barnes (1909-2001), 1956; Christy MacKaye Barnes (who took on her siblings' share of the house and its contents shortly after the bequest); given to her daughter Marion MacKaye Ober, 1989; sold to present collection, 2007.
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