Artist
Gay Block (American, born 1942)American, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
- A Rainy Day Costume Party
Date1981
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 × 18 15/16 in. (38.1 × 48.1 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.5 × 50.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.5 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Clinton T. Willour in honor of the 50th wedding anniversary of Max and Isabell Smith Herzstein
Object number90.454
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
1981 Gay Block returned to her former summer camp at Camp Pinecliffe in Maine
to visit her daughter, who was finishing her last summer there. Block
approached her playful subjects with a sensitive eye not only toward who they
were, but the promise of the women they might become.
ProvenanceClinton T. Willour, Houston; given to MFAH, 1990.
Exhibition History"40 Years of Discovery: Gifts of Clint Willour," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 9–October 14, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: in pencil on verso sheet lower left: "Rainy day Costume Party at camp Pinecliffe/ Harrison, Maine, 1981"
in pencil on verso sheet, lower left: "Gay Block"
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