Object Details
Artist
Berenice Abbott, 17 Jul 1898 - 9 Dec 1991
Sitter
Djuna Chappell Barnes, 12 Jun 1892 - 19 Jun 1982
Exhibition Label
Born Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York
One of the leaders of 1920s modernism, the writer and artist Djuna Barnes chronicled and became part of the Parisian expatriate avant-garde in the wake of World War I. Early on in her career, while still in her twenties, she wrote articles and created illustrations for Vanity Fair, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and other notable publications. She also published an audacious chapbook of poems, The Book of Repulsive Women (1915), replete with explicit references to lesbian sex that somehow managed to evade prosecution for obscenity.
Barnes is best known for her innovative, experimental, and autobiographical novel Nightwood (1936), which is often compared to the work of Gertrude Stein (1874–1946). She resettled in New York City in 1940, and while she chose to forego the social life that had fueled her past writing, she continued publishing up until the year of her death.
Nacida en Cornwall-on-Hudson, Nueva York
Una de las figuras principales del modernismo en la década de 1920, la escritora y artista Djuna Barnes fue cronista y miembro de la vanguardia expatriada en París después de la Primera Guerra Mundial. En los inicios de su carrera, a los veintitantos años, hizo artículos e ilustraciones para Vanity Fair, el Brooklyn Daily Eagle y otras publicaciones notables. También publicó un audaz cuaderno de poemas, The Book of Repulsive Women (El libro de las mujeres repulsivas, 1915), repleto de referencias explícitas al sexo lésbico, que de alguna manera logró eludir cargos de obscenidad.
Barnes es conocida sobre todo por Nightwood (1936), una innovadora novela experimental autobiográfica que a menudo se compara con la obra de Gertrude Stein (1874–1946). En 1940 regresó a Nueva York y, aunque decidió abstenerse de la vida social que había alimentado su producción anterior, continuó publicando hasta el año de su muerte.
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Date
1926
Object number
NPG.82.161
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© Berenice Abbott/Getty Images
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 24.5 × 19.4 cm (9 5/8 × 7 5/8")
Mount: 35.7 × 28.3 cm (14 1/16 × 11 1/8")
Mat: 55.9 × 40.7 cm (22 × 16")
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Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Costume\Jewelry
Costume\Jewelry\Earring
Interior
Costume\Jewelry\Necklace\Pearl
Costume\Jewelry\Ring
Costume\Jewelry\Bracelet
Djuna Chappell Barnes: Female
Djuna Chappell Barnes: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Poet
Djuna Chappell Barnes: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist
Djuna Chappell Barnes: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Playwright
Portrait
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Record ID
npg_NPG.82.161