Nathan Lerner
The Swimmer

The Swimmer

© Estate of Nathan Lerner / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

The Swimmer
The Swimmer
ArtistAmerican, 1913–1997
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Swimmer
Date1935
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/8 × 8 1/2 in. (33.3 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Kiyoko Lerner
Object number2014.891
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Chicago, d. 1997; by inheritance to his wife Kiyoko Lerner, Chicago, 1997; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top center in pencil: SWIMMER; top right corner in ink: K[circled]; center in pencil: "the Swimmer" / Chicago/1935; bottom left in ink: EW-19; bottom right in pencil: Pg.9 / INV 3699
verso center in pencil: Nathan Lerner
mat verso pencil " # 11 "
mat verso pencil " "The Swimmer" / Chicago/1935 / LW-19 "
mat verso pencil " 10 / 75 / 50 "
mat verso pencil " INV 3699 "

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