Rosalie Gwathmey
Backyard, Charlotte, North Carolina

Backyard, Charlotte, North Carolina

© Estate of Rosalie Gwathmey / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Backyard, Charlotte, North Carolina
Backyard, Charlotte, North Carolina
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Backyard, Charlotte, North Carolina
Date1940s
PlaceCharlotte, North Carolina, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 9 5/16 in. (19.1 × 23.7 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 5/16 in. (19.1 × 23.7 cm)
Mount: 7 1/2 × 9 5/16 in. (19.1 × 23.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mrs. Clare A. Glassell
Object number94.796
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

“If you detect a Southern accent in this issue,” reads a
memo in the June 1943 issue of Photo Notes,
“it’s probably the Editor’s, Rosalie Gwathmey.” Born and raised in Charlotte, North
Carolina, Gwathmey moved to New York City and joined the Photo League in 1942,
but returned to Charlotte each summer. Gwathmey, like other League members,
sought out people and places beyond the city, bringing a greater diversity of
images and experiences to the organization. The Photo League’s blacklisting and
the regular FBI surveillance of her family devastated Gwathmey, prompting her to
quit photography and destroy her negatives in 1955.




Provenance[Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, verso, center reading vertically: Rosalie Gwathmey
Signed in pencil, verso, center reading vertically: Rosalie Gwathmey

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