Nelita Williams and Barbara Hudson

1993

Nancy Andrews

Associated Names
Nancy Andrews

Artist, American, born 1963

This black-and-white photograph shows a group of people sitting on stone steps. It includes two adults and five children. The adults are seated close to each other on the top step, laughing joyfully with their hands clasped. Both have short hair and wear glasses. The adult on the left wears a shirt with thick stripes, and the one on the right wears a shirt with thinner stripes. Both wear black pants. The adult on the right wears small earrings and the adult on the left has a watch on their wrist. On the left, two of the children are next to them on the top step, one sitting and one standing. The other three children are below on the bottom step. The children have various hairstyles and wear casual clothing like T-shirts, long-sleeved shirts, and overalls. Some of the children are looking at the camera, while others are looking at each other. All of the people in the photograph have dark hair and medium-toned skin. The surroundings include grass and foliage along the edges of the steps and a wooden wall with vertical panels in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Nancy Andrews and Annie O'Neill

  • Dimensions

    image: 35.3 × 41.9 cm (13 7/8 × 16 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 40.3 × 50.8 cm (15 7/8 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.122.33

  • Copyright

    © Nancy Andrews

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nancy Andrews, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Nancy Andrews © 1994; lower left: "Nelita Williams & Barbara Hudson"; by unknown hand, lower right perpendicular: 112080 / Hudson Williams / # / [illegible initials circled]


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