In Focus: Photography from the Collection

This exhibition spotlights the work of female photographers in the Museum’s collection, bringing together more than 40 photographs representing a range of techniques and subjects. Highlights include Susan Fenton’s extraordinary hand-painted silver prints and a complete portfolio of Eva Rubinstein’s photographs from 1970s. Other featured artists are Gertrude Käsebier, Imogen Cunningham, Berenice Abbott, Donna Ferrato, and Kristin Capp.

Blue Fingernails, c. 1981. Barbara Proud (born 1956). Color photograph, image: 6 11/16 × 8 13/16 inches. sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Louisa du Pont Copeland Memorial Fund, 1981. © B. Proud.

Woman with a White Glove, 1986. Susan Fenton (1949–2018). Hand-painted gelatin silver print, image: 13 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches,sheet: 15 7/8 × 13 3/4 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of Alice B. Hupfel, 2017 © Estate of Susan Fenton.

T. L. Harris, 1898. Gertrude Käsebier (1852–1934). Platinum print, image: 6 5/16 × 2 1/2 inches, sheet: 6 5/16 × 2 1/2 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Nathan M. Clark, 2021.

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This organization is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.