Untitled
c. 1938–60
A small gelatin silver print portrait of two women posed closely together, likely made in a photobooth or informal studio to record a personal likeness.
The close crop hits you first: two faces almost touching against a painted landscape backdrop, one wearing clear glasses and a bold striped shirt, the other leaning in with a quieter striped blouse, all rendered in warm mid‑tone grays and crisp highlights.
This everyday snapshot from c. 1938–60 shows how affordable photographic printing and compact portrait formats democratized image‑making, letting people create intimate, self‑authored likenesses outside formal studio conventions.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Approx. 2 × 2" (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Peter J. Cohen
Accession
767.2017.358
Palette
Exhibitions
