Picnic Group, Highland Beach, Maryland, c. 1931, printed later

Not on View

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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sheet: 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund)

Accession Number

2015.19.4446

Artists / Makers

Addison Scurlock (artist) American, 1883 - 1964

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Inscription

signed by artist, lower right, on image in white ink: SCURLOCK; on verso, lower center in graphite: "PICNIC GROUP" – HIGHLAND BEACH, MD CIRCA 1931; partially erased, bottom center: BALTIMORE, MD CIRCA 1912; lower center stamped in black ink: Copyright photograph by / ADDISON N. SCURLOCK. Print / from original negative produced / by his son, Robert S. Scurlock; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1991.3

Provenance

Robert Scurlock, Washington, DC; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1991; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

1998: Developing Illusions, 1873-1998: Photographs from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 14, 1998 – January 18, 1999

2002: Celebrating the Legacy: African American Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, January 10 – February 25, 2002

2012: The Deep Element: Photography at the Beach, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, June 9 – October 14, 2012

Bibliography

2008: Malet, Rosa Maria et al. Modernitat Americana: Obres de la Corcoran Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, 2008: 94, 171.