Untitled (Betty Hahn and Jack Okon)
Artist
Anne Noggle
(American, 1922 - 2005)
Date1987-1988
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 19 × 13 3/4 in. (48.3 × 34.9 cm)
Support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of the Anne Noggle Foundation, 2016
Object number2016.2.16
DescriptionMan at left rear and woman at right forefront at center of composition with dark background. He is wearing a collared shirt with sleeves rolled up above his elbow; his right thumb is tucked into his front pants pocket and his left arm encircles the woman with his hand resting on her right wrist. Woman is wearing a scoop-necked blouse and patterned pants with prominent earring, a bracelet on her right wrist and a watch on her left wrist; her hands are clasped together. Both are looking at the camera with serious expressions.eMuseum Notes
This
somber portrait is of Noggle’s friend and fellow artist Betty Hahn, posing with
her brother Jack Okon. Noggle did not encourage her sitters to smile for the
camera, believing it to be an automatic rather than an authentic response. In
this composition, body language suggests a bond between the two siblings and
their serious expressions suggest a shared emotional space. In fact, Okon was
in Albuquerque to spend time with his sister after the death of her husband and
both were in mourning.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- portraits
- families
- brothers
- sisters
- grief
- mourning
- emotion
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