Katherine Anne Porter
PhotographerPhotographed by
Rosalie Thorne McKenna
(American, 1918 - 2003)
Date1956
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print dry mounted to mat board
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/8 x 2 7/8in. (7.9 x 7.3cm)
Sheet: 3 7/16 x 3 3/16in. (8.7 x 8.1cm)
Mount: 13 5/8 x 10 3/4in. (34.6 x 27.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation
Copyright© The Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation
Object number2011.344.1137
DescriptionPortrait of a woman smiling, sitting at a table. There is a teacup and saucer on the table in front of her. She is holding onto the handle of the teacup with her right hand, and her left hand is up in the air.
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Subject Note: Katherine Anne Porter (1890 - 1980) was a writer best known for her stories. Her career, four marriages and political interests took her all over the globe, including a brief one-year stint in Connecticut from 1926 to 1927. In the 1930s, she published her first volume of short stories, "Flowering Judas and Other Stories," to great acclaim. In 1962, her only novel, "Ship of Fools," was published, cementing her reputation as a "literary celebrity." It was her 1964 book, "The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter," that received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
From "Perspectives in American Literature: Katherine Anne Porter," http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap7/porter.html
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