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Sphinx

Sphinx

Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Sphinx
Dateno date
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (18.7 × 24.8 cm)
 Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (18.7 × 24.8 cm)
 Mount: 16 7/16 × 21 3/8 in. (41.8 × 54.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne Wilkes Tuckerr in honor of Joe D. Wheeler
Object number88.192
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceWestside National Bank, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 1988.

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