Pearl Magley

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 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.