Contortionist

Photograph

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Contortionist

Entry/Object ID

1982.21.0276

Description

negative A woman is the subject of the portrait. She poses in a contorted pose. She is on one knee with the other leg straight out. She bends her body over to the side with one arm raised over her holding a tambourine.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Glass Negative

Subject

woman, contortionist

Collection

Charles Pansirna Photographs

Acquisition

Accession

1982.21

Source or Donor

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hutchinson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Hutchinson

Made/Created

Artist

Charles J. Pansirna

Studio

Pansirna Studio

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Chicago, IL

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Negative, Glass Plate

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Negative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in