MARGRETHE MATHER (1886-1952) Wig of the Chinese Impersonator Chew Li Hong. Circa 1922. Silver print, the image measuring 9⅞x8 inches (25.1x20.3 cm.), with Mather's credit, title, and date in Justema's hand in pencil on verso.
Provenance Gift from the Photographer to William (Billy) Justema, designer and painter, partner and collaborator of Margrethe Mather; to the Collection of Richard Lorenz; by descent to his sister Patricia Lorenz in 2001
Reproduced Beth Gates Warren, Margrethe Mather & Edward Weston: A Passionate Collaboration (Santa Barbara Museum of Art in collaboration with W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2001), p. 114
Another print of this image is in the collection of the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson and reproduced in the above publication with the title "Wig from Chinese Opera" and dated 1927.
