Jeanine Michna-Bales
Tracking the Deer

Tracking the Deer

© Jeanine Michna-Bales

Tracking the Deer
Tracking the Deer
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tracking the Deer
  • from the portfolio Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad
Date2014, printed 2018
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 12 5/16 in. (21.6 × 31.2 cm)
Sheet: 12 7/16 × 16 3/16 in. (31.6 × 41.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of John and Carola Herrin
Object number2018.294.3
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas]; purchased by Carola and John Herrin, 2018; given to MFAH, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black with black ink inscriptions, verso, lower left: Title: Tracking the Deer //
Series: Through Darkness to Light // Date Composed | Printed: 2014 | 2018 // Printer: Steve Clayton @ Holland Photo // Print Information: Digital Chromogenic Print // Edition: Portfolio #3 // jmb Jeanine Michna Bales jmb [stamped and signed]

Printed in black on vellum interleaving accompanying photograph: The conveyance most used on the southern section is known as the // “Foot and Walker Line,” the passengers running their own trains, // steering by the North Star, and swimming rivers // when no boat could be borrowed. // –THE CENSOR, AN ANTI-SLAVERY WEEKLY, FEBRUARY 26, 1868
Signed in black ink, verso, lower left: jmb

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