One of Us

Artist Anne Noggle (American, 1922 - 2005)

Date1985

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 14 1/4 × 18 3/4 in. (36.2 × 47.6 cm)
Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)

ClassificationsPhotograph

Credit LineGift of Mary Pease, 1987

Object number1988.128.1

DescriptionA self-portrait using a video still. The artist is lying on her stomach in the prone position on a bed, staring intently at the viewer. Her left hand rests on her forehead, and her right hand is placed flat on bed. In the background her legs extend upward with her ankles crossed. The strap of the white undergarment has started to slip from her right shoulder.
eMuseum Notes

Emuseum Notes

In a conversation with curator Katherine Ware, Noggle's longtime friend and studio assistant Jim Holbrook said that during the 1980's Noggle held semi-regular events in her garage, which they sometimes called "Albu-Kabuki Nights." One of the activities was creating vignettes for a live video and then photographing images from the television monitor with black-and-white film. Holbrook mentioned that Anne bought the blond wig used in this image when the two were in London for Noggle's exhibition at the Photographers Gallery in 1987.

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