Frances with a Flower
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
In the interior painting on this bottom half of a coffin, the large figure represents Osiris, king of the dead. The mummy would have originally lain on top of this figure, thereby associating the deceased with the king who was successfully reborn into the afterlife. Lesser figures here include three images, in the top and second registers, of the human-headed bird called the ba-soul, which acts on behalf of the deceased in our world; and deities such as Anubis and Horus, who here protect Osiris by supporting his legs.
Caption
Consuelo Kanaga (American, 1894–1978). Frances with a Flower, 1932. Gelatin silver print, frame: 22 13/16 × 16 13/16 × 1 1/2 in. (57.9 × 42.7 × 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Wallace B. Putnam from the Estate of Consuelo Kanaga, 82.65.10. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Frances with a Flower
Date
1932
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Classification
Dimensions
frame: 22 13/16 × 16 13/16 × 1 1/2 in. (57.9 × 42.7 × 3.8 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right mount in pencil: "Consuelo Kanaga"
Inscriptions
Inscribed along lower edge interior right face of mat in pencil: "Francis with a Flower, Consuelo Kanaga, 82.65.10"
Credit Line
Gift of Wallace B. Putnam from the Estate of Consuelo Kanaga
Accession Number
82.65.10
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