Marianne Moore
Marguerite Thompson Zorach
American Art
The modernist poet Marianne Moore is readily recognizable here by her slender face and neck, her elongated fingers, and her signature mannish dress. Notwithstanding the reductive and linear approach to form in this portrait, it crackles with personality, conveyed through the artist’s use of expressive lines and physical distortions, particularly in the hands.
Marguerite Zorach and Moore were both involved in New York City’s vanguard cultural circles and admired each other’s works. Zorach’s richly colored paintings and embroideries served as the source of inspiration for Moore’s poem “In the Days of Prismatic Color” (1923).
Marguerite Zorach and Moore were both involved in New York City’s vanguard cultural circles and admired each other’s works. Zorach’s richly colored paintings and embroideries served as the source of inspiration for Moore’s poem “In the Days of Prismatic Color” (1923).
MEDIUM
Graphite on beige colored, medium weight, smooth, wove paper
DATES
ca. 1925
DIMENSIONS
Sheet: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Unsigned
INSCRIPTIONS
On verso, inscribed in blue ball-point pen, lower right: "H-327"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
80.87
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Tessim Zorach
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Marguerite Thompson Zorach (American, 1887–1968). Marianne Moore, ca. 1925. Graphite on beige colored, medium weight, smooth, wove paper, Sheet: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Tessim Zorach, 80.87. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.87_IMLS_PS3.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 80.87_IMLS_PS3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1/7/2010
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