Artist
Carl Mydans (American, 1907–2004)American, 1907–2004
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Ill Housed, Ill Clad, Ill Nourished
- Interior of wood shack built upon Ford truck chassis housing father, mother and seven children. This view shows the mother and two of her children. They were found on U.S. Route 70, between Bruceton and Camden, Tennessee, near Tennessee River.
DateMarch 1936, printed 1976
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 7/16 × 13 3/8 in. (26.5 × 34 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (28 × 35.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (28 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.410
Not on view
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Exhibition History"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right: 53142/62 [underlined] // 29223 [reading vertically]
Stamped in black, verso, lower right: Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress [reading vertically]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right corner: C Mydans
Stamped in black, verso, lower right: Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress [reading vertically]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right corner: C Mydans
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Carl Mydans
1939
Gelatin silver print
2005.1172
