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Matalie Wham

Artist (American, 1922 - 2005)
Datelate 1960s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (29.2 × 19.7 cm)
Support: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Mat: 18 × 14 in. (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Pease, 1976
Object number3438.23PH
DescriptionNude young woman standing next to upright piano. She cradles a telephone receiver on her left shoulder, telephone rests on piano. She holds cigarette in proper right hand and blows smoke. Window and curtains left background.
eMuseum Notes

In a conversation with Katherine Ware in 2016, Noggle's longtime friend and assistant Jim Holbrook identified the subject at Matalie Wham, a concert pianist who was Nancy Barry's girlfriend before Barry and Noggle got together. Holbrook stated that this picture was probably taken at Matalie's house in Albuquerque's Northeast Heights. 


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Terms
  • portraits
  • nudes
  • women
  • telephones
  • interior
  • pianos
  • draperies
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