Seated Father in Plaid Jacket, Mother in Overcoat, Baby in Father's Lap / Mike Disfarmer

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Accession Number: 2014/2.283
Title: Seated Father in Plaid Jacket, Mother in Overcoat, Baby in Father's Lap
Artist: Mike Disfarmer
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 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: Meyer studio and date stamps, verso; 013503
Dimensions: 7.62 x 12.7 cm (3 x 5 in.)
Physical Description: A young family posing for the camera. The man on the left is wearing a plaid jacket and is holding a young boy in his arms. The woman is seated next to him in a blouse, skirt and her coat.
Primary Keywords: baby; coat; family (group)
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; groups of people; kinship groups; materials; materials by function; offspring; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by family relationship; social groups
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 4912 x 2961
File Size: 312 KB
Record: 2014/2.283
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2014-sl-2.283/2014_2.283.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - O Malley, w17 - Family Fictions (16); Fatherhood (66); Race, gender, class and American identity (393)

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Full citation: "Seated Father in Plaid Jacket, Mother in Overcoat, Baby in Father's Lap; Mike Disfarmer." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2014-sl-2.283/2014_2.283.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.