Artist
George SilkAmerican, born New Zealand, 1916–2004
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Jack Nicklaus during the Masters Golf Tournament
Date1961, printed c.1961
Place depictedAugusta, Georgia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 × 8 1/2 in. (25.4 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/2 in. (25.4 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/2 in. (25.4 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by John H. Adger, John Butler, M. Robert Dussler, R. Cary McNair, Wm. P. O'Connell, Jamey Rootes, Scott Schwinger, Rick Smith, and Joe Sutton in honor of Robert C. McNair and the Houston Texans at "One Great Night in November, 2011"
Object number2012.7
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Various inscriptions on sheet verso in pencil, colored pencil, and ink on sheet verso, and taped yellow paper caption. SEE information in Mark(s) field.
No signature [See George Silk in LIFE MAGAZINE stamp on verso]
Various stamps and inscriptions in pencil, colored pencil and ink, and taped paper with typed caption on sheet verso, from top to bottom:
- MAY 11 1962 [stamped, red ink]
- TIME INC. PICTURE COLLECTION printed barcode label: 001007515
- 62287 [handwritten, blue pencil]
- C-7 [horizontal line] 22 [handwritten, pencil]
- 8 [handwritten, pencil, immediately to left of LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION stamp]
- LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION [stamped in red ink above right of LIFE Magazine stamp]
- LIFE MAGAZINE stamp [in blue ink, horizontal]: Life Photo By: George Silk / Date: 4-10-61 / Set No. 62287, with added 62287 in blue pencil / Story & Location: Master Golf Tournament / Black & White Film: 35 mm 20
- Time Inc. copyright stamp [stamped in black]
- Golf – Nicklaus, Jack [handwritten in pencil, with horizontal line drawn below]
- Horizontal strip of yellow paper taped, with typed caption: 167 -- Jack Nicklaus during the Master Golf Tournament 4/61
- 100 [stamped in black in, upside down]
- PF 104144 [handwritten, in pencil, center of lower edge]
- 37.4% [handwritten, in pencil, vertically near lower right edge]
- 74.8 [handwritten, in pencil, vertically near lower right edge]
On mat verso, gallery label with barcode affixed at upper left: 0104144 / SILK George / Jack Nicklaus during the Master Golf Tournament, 1961 / Gelatin silver print; printed c. 1961
Gallery number on mat verso, center of lower edge, in pencil: 104144
- MAY 11 1962 [stamped, red ink]
- TIME INC. PICTURE COLLECTION printed barcode label: 001007515
- 62287 [handwritten, blue pencil]
- C-7 [horizontal line] 22 [handwritten, pencil]
- 8 [handwritten, pencil, immediately to left of LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION stamp]
- LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION [stamped in red ink above right of LIFE Magazine stamp]
- LIFE MAGAZINE stamp [in blue ink, horizontal]: Life Photo By: George Silk / Date: 4-10-61 / Set No. 62287, with added 62287 in blue pencil / Story & Location: Master Golf Tournament / Black & White Film: 35 mm 20
- Time Inc. copyright stamp [stamped in black]
- Golf – Nicklaus, Jack [handwritten in pencil, with horizontal line drawn below]
- Horizontal strip of yellow paper taped, with typed caption: 167 -- Jack Nicklaus during the Master Golf Tournament 4/61
- 100 [stamped in black in, upside down]
- PF 104144 [handwritten, in pencil, center of lower edge]
- 37.4% [handwritten, in pencil, vertically near lower right edge]
- 74.8 [handwritten, in pencil, vertically near lower right edge]
On mat verso, gallery label with barcode affixed at upper left: 0104144 / SILK George / Jack Nicklaus during the Master Golf Tournament, 1961 / Gelatin silver print; printed c. 1961
Gallery number on mat verso, center of lower edge, in pencil: 104144
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George Silk
1956, printed c.1956
Gelatin silver print
2012.10
Silk Dynasty, Inc.
Designed 1983, manufactured c. 1990
Silk and paper
90.294.1-.3
William Hogarth
October 1747
Etching and engraving
BF.1983.5.50
Lucas Cranach the Elder
1509
Woodcut
BF.1998.4
Frederic Remington
October 28, 1893
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1430.189
Frederic Remington
October 28, 1893
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1430.190
