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Thumbnail-size images of copyrighted artworks are displayed under fair use, in accordance with guidelines recommended by the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts, published by the College Art Association in February 2015.
Family
John Benson (American, born in 1927)
about 1969
Medium/Technique
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 23.7 x 28.2 cm (9 5/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Sheet: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
Polaroid Foundation Purchase Fund
Accession Number1976.786
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
Descriptione-mail from the artist to Karen Haas, Lane Curator of Photographs, Oct 2017:
It was taken in July 1969 at my friend's summer home in Provincetown. They are George and Hazel Morrison from Minnesota, both artists. George worked with found driftwood to make large colorful abstractions. Hazel made exquisite drawings on paper of various textures and colors and inks. As I recall the cat was named Alice. She and her kittens were napping on a nearby braided rug. We decided to make a photograph. George removed his clothes. Hazel put on her white gown. I pulled the rug into the picture, called to the cat and pressed the shutter. It was group think.
It was taken in July 1969 at my friend's summer home in Provincetown. They are George and Hazel Morrison from Minnesota, both artists. George worked with found driftwood to make large colorful abstractions. Hazel made exquisite drawings on paper of various textures and colors and inks. As I recall the cat was named Alice. She and her kittens were napping on a nearby braided rug. We decided to make a photograph. George removed his clothes. Hazel put on her white gown. I pulled the rug into the picture, called to the cat and pressed the shutter. It was group think.
InscriptionsOn verso: signature and inscription.
ProvenanceArtist; purchased December 1976.