About this artwork
This is a very elegant composition, with an element of surrealism. It seems to have two perspectives and two vanishing points - the avenue of trees and the little figures on the left inhabit another world from the terrace of the houses on the right. The wealthy Mrs Eveleigh Nash in the foreground is, unexpectedly, shown as a shy woman. The two men in conversation walking by and the distant figures on the left are not so much a background as other lives being lived at the same time.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Inge Morath (1923 - 2002) American
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title:Mrs Eveleigh Nash, The Mall, London
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date created:1953
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:40.60 x 50.80 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 2001
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accession number:PGP 281.1
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glossary:
Inge Morath
Inge Morath
Inge Morath was born in Graz, Austria. She was as fluent in languages as she was in her relationships with the people whom she photographed. Like her colleagues who worked with the Magnum agency, she travelled extensively in Europe, North America and the Middle East. Originally, Magnum had employed...