Dorothy Tucker Seated Pensively in Chair
PhotographerC.R. Tucker
CountryUnited States
MediumCyanotype
Year1903
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Color photograph, Portrait: Children
Dimensions
Image Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.0 cm
Support Dimensions: 17.8 x 12.7 cm spot-glued to black/brown cardboard mount
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With a pensive look on her face, Dorothy Tucker, born in August of 1899 on New York’s Staten Island, sits for her portrait. She was a constant photographic subject for her father, a high school physics teacher at Curtis High School on the island, who trained his camera on her from birth to late teens.
print notes verso: in graphite in presumed hand of artist:
Dorothy
Glued wall hanger centered on upper margin; strip of black tape along lower margin; adhesive residue along other margins indicating photograph at one time was in a wall frame.
print date estimated on known birth year of Dorothy Tucker. (Aug. 1899)
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