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Michael Childers,
American
Amy Tan, Sausilito, CA, 2011
Gelatin silver print on paper
20 x 16 in. (51 x 41 cm)
Amy Tan, Sausilito, CA, 2011
Gelatin silver print on paper
20 x 16 in. (51 x 41 cm)
Object Type:
Photography
Technique:
Gelatin silver Process
Credit Line:
Gift of Michael Childers
Accession Number:
2017.17.16
Commentary
Amy Tan (1952–) is an American writer best known for her novels The Joy Luck Club (1989), The Kitchen God’s Wife (1991), and The Hundred Secret Senses (1995). Tan’s expressive and critically acclaimed works focus on the theme of relationships between Chinese immigrant mothers and their American born daughters. Her work has been adapted into plays and films. Childers photographed Tan at her home in Sausalito, a small city in the Marin Headlands north of San Francisco. Gillian Holzer SC19
Marks
The work is signed on the front (lower right, border) and bears the title “Amy Tan,” location “Sausalito, Calif.,” edition number 3/10, and year of creation “2011” on the back.
Object Description
The writer is presented in a side view, from the waist up, her face turned toward the viewer in a portrait that captures three-quarters of her face.
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