Larry's Suit (from the New Mexico Portfolio)
Artist
Anne Noggle
(American, 1922 - 2005)
Date1975 (printed 1976)
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 × 8 in. (30.5 × 20.3 cm)
Support: 13 3/4 × 11 in. (34.9 × 27.9 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Support: 13 3/4 × 11 in. (34.9 × 27.9 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Public Contribution Box, 1978
Object number3970.23PH
DescriptionPortrait of woman standing at the end of a metal bed frame looking at the viewer. She wears a plaid pant suit with dark sweater and white blouse. Her proper right hand rests on bed frame and light comes in at the left side creating shadows of the window and curtains.Text Entries
In a conversation with curator Katherine Ware on 6/10/2016, Noggle's longtime friend and studio assistant Jim Holbrook identified the woman in the photograph as Nancy Barry, who was Noggle's girlfriend at the time. Holbrook speculates that this and related images of Nancy may have been made at the home or shop of a hairdresser friend. Mildred's, a gay bar was across the street from Noggle's house and was a place that Barry enjoyed frequenting. There Barry would meet new people whom she sometimes introduced to others, such as perhaps someone named Larry whose suit she wears here.
For other images of Nancy Barry in the collection, see 3440.23PH and 3436.23PH.
The Museum owns duplicate copies of this image. The accession numbers are: 3439.23PH and 3970.23PH
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