Doris Humphrey—Shakers
Photo Credit: copy photo: J. Giammatteo
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Doris Humphrey—Shakers
193820th century
194 x 241 mm (7.6 x 9.5 in.)
Barbara Morgan, American, (1900–1992)
Object Type:
photograph
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print
Marks:
Inscribed in pencil, verso: “There are more tones in / dark bodies of foreground man / Too contrasty a print / #19 / VI-26”; stamped in black ink, verso: “BARBARA MORGAN”; typed onto separate sheet of paper taped onto recto: “SHAKERS — Doris Humphrey and Humphrey-Weidman Company / This dance stems from the rituals of a / 19th Century religious sect in New England / which believed it could “shake out” sin by dancing. / Photographed by Barbara Morgan for exhibition / The Modern American Dance to be circulated in / Latin America by the Inter-American Office, / National Gallery of Art, after being shown at the Museum of Modern Art, March 28 [“27” struck through] to April 29 [“30” struck through]”
Bibliography:
Deba P. Patnik, Barbara Morgan: Masters of Photography (New York: Aperture, 1999), pp. 32–33.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nils and Kara Morgan, 2006
Accession Number:
2006.19.4
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- dance - Performing art form realized in rhythmic movement, creating visual designs by a series of poses and tracing of patterns through space in the course of measured units of time. [November 1994 scope note added. February 1993 related term added.]
- dancers - Use for those who engage in the activity of dancing or who practice the art of dance, especially as a profession. [November 1994 scope note added. February 1993 related term added. November 1992 alternate term added.]
Dimensions
- image Dimensions: 194 x 241 mm (7.6 x 9.5 in.)
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Credit Caption
Barbara Morgan, American, (1900–1992) . Doris Humphrey—Shakers, 1938. Gelatin silver print. image : 194 x 241 mm (7.6 x 9.5 in.). Sheet : 203 x 251 mm (8 x 9.9 in.). DAC accession number 2006.19.4. Gift of Nils and Kara Morgan, 2006. (copy photo: J. Giammatteo) .
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