After working all week in modern kitchen, servant returns to her own, with no hope of making it any better

© The Ernest Cole Family Trust / Courtesy of the Hasselblad Foundation

After working all week in modern kitchen, servant returns to her own, with no hope of making it any better

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After working all week in modern kitchen, servant returns to her own, with no hope of making it any better,

ca. 1960–66

Ernest Cole, 1940–1990; born Pretoria, South Africa; died New York, NY
2020-13

Information

Title
After working all week in modern kitchen, servant returns to her own, with no hope of making it any better
Dates

ca. 1960–66

Maker
Ernest Cole
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16.5 × 25 cm (6 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 20.2 × 25.5 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Mary Trumbull Adams Art Fund
Object Number
2020-13
Place Made

Africa, South Africa

Culture
South African
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
women, kitchens

The artist; [Magnum Photos, New York, NY]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2020.

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