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Harry Adolf Smith
The Reluctant Childcirca 1905, printed 1981

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of a young child in a straw hat and white smock, holding a stick up to their nose in front of a wooden plank gate

Harry Adolf Smith, The Reluctant Child, circa 1905, printed 1981, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Harry Adolf Smith
Title
The Reluctant Child
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1905, printed 1981
Medium
Palladium print
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/8 × 13 5/16 in. (26.35 × 33.81 cm) Primary support: 14 3/4 × 18 11/16 in. (37.47 × 47.47 cm) Mat: 15 13/16 × 32 in. (40.16 × 81.28 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1994
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography