[view from bed of lightbulb laying on bed with sewing machine in background "DEC. 1956"]

[view from bed of lightbulb laying on bed with sewing machine in background "DEC. 1956"]

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[view from bed of lightbulb laying on bed with sewing machine in background "DEC. 1956"]
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  • [view from bed of lightbulb laying on bed with sewing machine in background "DEC. 1956"]
Date1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 × 4 1/2 in. (7.6 × 11.4 cm)
 Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (8.9 × 13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2014.443
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen, New York; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“In A Snap: The Art of Vernacular Photography,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 12, 2014–February 22, 2015.

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