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Photograph

20th century (made)
Artist/Maker

20thC; Moon Sarah, Pool

Object details

Object type
Brief description
20thC; Moon Sarah, Pool
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 239mm
  • Paper width: 304mm
  • Image height: 150mm
  • Image width: 225mm
Gallery label
(07 03 2014)
‘Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography’, 2014. Label text:

Sarah Moon (b.1941)
Fashion by Valentino
Italian Vogue, 1983

Moon juxtaposes aggressive and passive creatures: a vicious looking Alsatian and a delicate, doll-like model. Like the women in Deborah Turbeville’s Bath House, the model at the poolside seems aloof, lost in her thoughts.

Gelatin silver print
Given by Sarah Moon
Museum no. PH.722-1987
Collection
Accession number
PH.722-1987

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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