Smiling Couple / Mike Disfarmer

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Accession Number: 2012/2.21
Title: Smiling Couple
Artist: Mike Disfarmer
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: American, 1884 - 1959
Medium and Support: vintage gelatin silver contact print on paper
Object Creation Date: circa 1940
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Agah, Class of 1989 (BBA)
Inscription: annotated "This is Ruby and Romond he is a fine boy but Rudy didn't want me to sent it he is in the 12 grade fixin to join the Marins" verso
Dimensions: 7.62 cm x 12.7 cm (3 in. x 5 in.)
Physical Description: A couple is shown from the chest up. The woman wears a dark jacket with thin vertical stripes. The round collar of her blouse overlaps the lapel of the jacket. The man is to her left and has his right arm around her shoulder. He wears a long sleeve collared shirt.
Primary Keywords: gelatin silver process; men; photographs; women
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 3597 x 2083
File Size: 1002 KB
Record: 2012/2.21
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.21/2012_2_21.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Elizabeth Harlow, f16 - Modern Love (58); A - F16 SAC 366 All in the Sitcom Family (36); Emotion, gender, self (125); Family (161); Gender and Sexuality (108); Love (108); Marriage (113); Photographic portraiture 1900-1948 (63); Race, gender, class and American identity (393)

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Full citation: "Smiling Couple; Mike Disfarmer." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.21/2012_2_21.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 08, 2024.