Pearl Magley, Orval Hixon

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Orval Hixon, Pearl Magley
Orval Hixon, Pearl Magley
Orval Hixon
Pearl Magley
1920
Orval Hixon, artist
1884–1982
Pearl Magley, 1920
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 35.3 x 28 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 13 7/8 x 11 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Orval Hixon
Accession number: 1971.0398
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: “Transformations,” Feb-2006, Mary Dusenbury and Alison Miller Clothing has the potential to free people from their traditional roles. In this photograph, Pearl Magley appears to be playing with alternative identities, or experimenting with women’s roles. Taken at a time when a woman’s place in society was changing quickly, the idea of loose fitting, exotic clothing had a certain appeal to a Western woman - liberated not long before from tight corsets, and still struggling against rigidly defined roles in society.