Item Information
Title: Source material for Tribute to the American Working People. School teacher
Date: ca. 1945
Physical Details: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 11 x 8 cm.
Description: Photograph of a school teacher used as inspiration for the Public School scene in Sharrer's polyptych Tribute to the American Working People.
Identification (typed): "This woman is posing for the teacher in the Public School Scene. To find the right woman, I waited outside the Dollar Store in Amherst, Mass.--and by and by she sauntered out. I used this woman's curled hair in a net and one of her hands, but her face was too understanding. What I wanted was a face that would represent the gap between the children's imaginative and fluid ways and a teacher's dyed-in-the-wool character. The limitation of her artistic nature is represented in the painting by the Victorian, hand-painted vase. She is nevertheless very kind to the children. Amherst, Mass."
Creator: Sharrer, Honoré Desmond, 1920-2009, photographer
Forms part of: Honoré Sharrer papers, circa 1920-2007
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Honoré Desmond Sharrer. Source material for Tribute to the American Working People. School teacher, ca. 1945. Honoré Sharrer papers, circa 1920-2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 7821