Mary Francis Hill Coley, American, 1900 - 1966 Search this
Martha Butler Sapp, American, 1932 - 2003 Search this
Medium:
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Image): 14 1/2 x 19 in. (36.8 x 48.3 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
Place depicted:
Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1952; printed 2005
Description:
Black and white image of Martha Sapp walking near the end of a bed, while in the background, Mary Coley bends down away from the camera. Sapp, standing, wears a terry cloth robe and a head scarf. She is seen in profile with her proper left hand grasping the end of the bed frame. The bed is covered with a square patterned quilt with alternating squares of dark and light. On the table by the bed and tall mirror is a pile of cloths. Behind Sapp, partially obscured, Coley crouches away from the camera. She is wearing a light-colored dress with white cuffs and a white apron. To the left of her, in the lower left corner is a quilt, in an Irish Chain pattern, hanging off of a chair. Above the Coley are curtains surrounding a closed window. In the upper left of the image is a bare, light light bulb.
