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[Sailor on Dock Holding Rope]
Creator
Doris UlmannAmerican Photographer · 1882–1934
All works by this person →A New Yorker by birth, Doris Ulmann preserved the rural cultures of the southeastern United States through her photographs. She worked particularly in the "Southern Highlands" of the Appalachian Mountains, creating portraits of the residents. In 1933, she contributed photographs to *Roll, Jordan, Roll*, a book by novelist Julia Peterkin about the vanishing black culture, known as Gullah, of the So
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- 1919
- Medium
- Platinum print with pastel
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 659ffd10-47d9-4bd7-b14c-fa3e464848ee
From the Getty Museum record
Portrait of a sailor on a dock. His body is in left profile while his head is turned to his right, obstructing his face. His left hand is on his hip while he is holding a rope in his right hand. Ropes are coiled at his feet.
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