Frances with a Flower
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
In Frances with a Flower, the focus is so sharp that the slightly rough texture of the woman’s skin, shiny with perspiration at the hairline, seems palpable. The forehead, nose, and cheeks, highlighted by flash, contrast with the deep-set eyes lost in shadow, thus producing a sculptural dimension that turns the photograph into hills and valleys of light. The stark white blossom pressed to the woman’s nose emphasizes the sensuality of her face.
The Brooklyn Museum held large retrospective exhibitions of Kanaga’s work in 1976 and 1993 and holds several hundred of her images in its collection.
Caption
Consuelo Kanaga (American, 1894–1978). Frances with a Flower, 1932. Gelatin silver print, image: 10 5/8 × 8 in. (27 × 20.3 cm) mount: 20 × 15 in. (50.8 × 38.1 cm) mat: 22 × 16 in. (55.9 × 40.6 cm) 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. copyright transferred to Brooklyn Museum by the Estate of Wallace Putnam. (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
image: 10 5/8 × 8 in. (27 × 20.3 cm) mount: 20 × 15 in. (50.8 × 38.1 cm) mat: 22 × 16 in. (55.9 × 40.6 cm) 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
Rights
copyright transferred to Brooklyn Museum by the Estate of Wallace Putnam
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