Preacher, Relatives and Friends of the Deceased at a Memorial Meeting near Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky, August, 1940
Marion Post Wolcott, American, 1910 - 1990
August 1940
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 7/16 × 9 5/8 in. (16.4 × 24.4 cm)
Image: 6 7/16 × 9 5/8 in. (16.4 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (20.6 × 25.7 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 5/8 in. (20.6 × 24.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from McKinsey & Company, Inc.
PH.998.32
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, lower left to right: An original vintage FSA print / Marion Post Wolcott; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, above artist's inscription: From the personal collection of the artist. / 1wm; typed, on reverse, upside down, bottom right to left: Preacher, relatives and friends of the deaceased at a memorial meeting near Jackson, Breathitt County / Kentucky. Aug. 1940; stamped, on reverse, upper right: PLEASE CREDIT / F.S.A./ FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION / PHOTO; BY MARION POST [Wolcott][in graphite, stamped, on reverse, upper left, upside down: [in rectangle] PLEASE NOTE; / Kindly Return Unused Photos / to the Division of Information, / Farm Sanctuary Administraion / Washington, D.C.
Course History
SART 30, SART 75, Photography II, III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2013
SART 17.9, The Photographer as Activist: Making Art Inspired by the Hood Museum's Collection, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2015
Art History 48.02, Histories of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Spring 2024
Exhibition History
Loew Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 26-October 1, 2003.
Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Women Photographers at the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 12-September 19, 2004.
Provenance
The arist's collection; Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1998.
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