Poetess Marianne Moore
Photograph
Poetess Marianne Moore
1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 9/16 × 7 3/8 in. (24.3 × 18.8 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0595
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, BC: 11/62 21) POETESS MARIANNE MOORE, just 75 (November 15) is not letting the \ celebration of her age get her down. She is being honored by the \ National Institute of Arts & Letters and the American Academy of \ Arts & Sciences is holding an exhibition of her manuscripts. Asked \ in a birthday interview whether she were wearing her famous hat, \ she replied: "No. I look like an Old English sheepdog at the \ moment - I've just washed my hair." \ Credit: Elliott Erwitt © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
