Untitled (Portrait of a Woman)
Věra Prášilova, Untitled (Portrait of a Woman), 1934, gelatin silver print, Gift of Nadja S. Lilly, Dascha S. Tursi, and K.S. Voeller, M.D., © Estate of Věra Prášilova Scott, 2000.91.54
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- Title
Untitled (Portrait of a Woman)
- Artist
- Date
1934
- Medium
gelatin silver print
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image/sheet: 10 13/16 in x 7 15/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
exhibition information: "October 1934", black ink, secondary support sheet, verso center
exhibition information: "THIS PRINT WAS SHOWN IN THE ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBIT AT TEH MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS OF HOUSTON", black ink, secondary support sheet, verso center
number: "(54)", graphite, secondary support sheet, BR
signature/date: "Prasilova 34", graphite, secondary support sheet, LR, below photograph
- Collection Area
Photography; Northwest Art
- Category
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Gift of Nadja S. Lilly, Dascha S. Tursi, and K.S. Voeller, M.D.
- Accession Number
2000.91.54
- Copyright
© Estate of Věra Prášilova Scott
- Terms
Although a number of her subjects are unidentified, Prášilova conveys rich detail in their facial features, dress, and mood. Many of her sitters were members of Houston’s elite academic and social circles. She photographed her husband's colleagues at Rice University, producing portraits of notable professors of chemistry as well as their spouses and children. And she opened a studio in Houston's Junior League building, where members of the women's charitable group regularly met and socialized.
- Exhibitions
2010 Likeness: Portraiture from the Photography Collection Portland Art Museum
2015 Classically Modern: The Portraiture of Věra Prášilova Scott Portland Art Museum
