Inge Morath
Mrs. Eveleigh Nash, London

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Artist Inge Morath (American, born Austria, 1923–2002)American, born Austria, 1923–2002

CultureAmerican

Titles

Mrs. Eveleigh Nash, London

Date1953, printed later

PlaceLondon, England

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 3/16 × 13 3/8 in. (23.3 × 34 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in. (27.6 × 35.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies

Object number2000.72

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionInge
Morath was one of the first female photographers asked to join Magnum Photo
Agency in Paris. This portrait is from one of Morath’s earliest assignments
with the agency, when she was dispatched to document the residents of two
divergent districts in London: SoHo and Mayfair. SoHo had become a fashionable
district, with its local pubs providing a meeting place for intellectuals,
artists, and poets. Mayfair had long been inhabited by well-to-do families, such
as the Rothschilds and Mrs. Eveleigh Nash.
Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Exhibition History"From the Printed Page: Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 23-June 5, 2006.

"Public Dress," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 19 June - 8 October, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: "Mrs. Nash / London 1953 / [signature]"

Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower center: "PF28686 IMM.20"

The photograph is signed in pencil, verso, lower right "Inge Morath"

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