Owen County Home #2
| Artist | Anne Noggle (American, 1922–2005) |
|---|---|
| Title | Owen County Home #2 |
| Plate Number | #2 |
| Series | Owen County Home |
| Date | 1987 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 13 1/2 × 19 in. (34.3 × 48.3 cm) Sheet: 16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Anne Noggle, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 89.2B |
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Two women are in a bedroom with the television on, including a standing woman smiling and facing forward at the left of the image, and a seated woman (only her head visible) at the right corner.
Anne Noggle turned to photography later in life after previous careers as a bomber pilot and crop duster. Her unusual background gave her a unique perspective on society. Favoring a straight approach to photography, she specialized in portraits of the elderly, particularly women. During a stay on the Indiana University campus as an artist-in-residence, she regularly visited a home for the aged and destitute near Spencer, Indiana. Her portraits, which maintain the anonymity of the residents, often show the sitters in their rooms surrounded by their personal belongings. In doing so, Noggle humanized the institutional setting by treating her subjects as unique individuals. The home closed its doors in 2002.
Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art has four prints from this series (Eskenazi Museum of Art 89.2A–.2D).
| Plate Number | #2 |
|---|---|
| Series Title | Owen County Home |
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