Eva Williamson, 9425 Arrowhead Drive
February 1985
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 20.32 × 25.08 cm (8 × 9 7/8 in.) sheet: 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Brian and Linda Lanker)
Accession Number
2016.22.136
Art Historical Context
**Eva Williamson, 9425 Arrowhead Drive (February 1985) a poignant gelatin silver print by American photographer Allen Dutton, capturing a specific moment in everyday American life. The title references both the subject, Eva Williamson, and her address—9425 Arrowhead Drive—oking the intimacy of portraiture tied to place. Measuring 20.32 × 25.08 cm (image) on a 27.94 × 35.56 cm sheet, this modestly scaled work invites close viewing, much like a personal snapshot elevated to art. Gelatin silver prints, popular through the mid-20th century into the 1980s, are prized for their rich tonal gradation...