Dressing table with drinks and gun holster damaged by fallen plaster

ca. 1925-1973

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Dressing table with drinks and gun holster damaged by fallen plaster
  • Title
  • Dressing table with drinks and gun holster damaged by fallen plaster
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1925-1973
  • Identifier
  • 1996.69.275
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.275
  • Description
  • Plaster has fallen from the ceiling of a bedroom? onto a dressing table and chair. The mirror on the dresser has been covered with an open newspaper. On the dresser are a tray with carafe and glasses, bottles of Nectar [...] Beverage, bitters, and rum. A gun holster with bullets is draped over the right post on the mirror. Two shirts and a necktie are arranged on the chair, and coats or jackets hang on the door. The scene has been photographed at a 45 degree angle, rare in Harris' work. The photograph may have been taken to document an insurance claim.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Interiors--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Housing--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Bedrooms--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh