A black-and-white photograph of White women and children wearing long dresses holding hands to form a circle in a grassy field.

A black-and-white photograph of two White women and three White children outside, holding hands and dancing in a circle.

In the Meadow

Nell Dorr (1893-1988)

Date

ca. 1944, printed after 1944
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 10 13/16 x 13 11/16 in.
Sheet: 10 15/16 x 14 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.r. signed in ink: Nell Dorr
Verso:
l.l. in ink: # From Mother + Child--'In the Meadow' \ 1954
l.r. in graphite: 24
Mat Verso:
u.l. in graphite: 24
Mount Verso:
l.c. typed label from Marcuse Pfiefer Gallery: NELL DORR / In the Meadow, 1954
l.c. in graphitel: #12 "In the Meadow 1954"
Collection Name

Nell Dorr Estate Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the Estate of Nell Dorr
Accession Number

P1990.45.231
Copyright

© 1990 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Location: Off view

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