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Mary and Me

Artist Anne Noggle (American, 1922 - 2005)

Date1979

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 × 19 1/8 in. (33 × 48.6 cm)
Support: 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Anne Noggle Foundation, 2016

Object number2016.2.8

DescriptionInterior with window with closed curtains and framed painting on back wall. Unmade bed at center of composition with older woman seated on right front corner, holding a hand mirror. Slightly younger woman is standing by bed at left, wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Another window and wall hanging at right.
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Emuseum Notes

Noggle had a close relationship with her family. Her mother, Agnes, lived in Santa Fe with the artist’s sister Mary, Mary’s husband Chester, and their daughter Dale. This picture of Anne and Mary was made in Agnes’ room not long after her death. The two sisters are posed in a very personal space, surrounded by their mother’s belongings. It is a final family portrait, with the mirror in Mary’s hand both a momento and a reminder of the brevity of human life.

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