John Vachon
House of a pneumonia patient in west Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

ArtistAmerican, 1914–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • House of a pneumonia patient in west Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
DateJanuary 1941, printed 1970s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/16 × 9 1/2 in. (18 × 24.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Carl Niendorff
Object number2021.329
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Depth of Field: Photographs 14172, July 14, 2020, Lot 38141]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top right edge: 1511
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center edge: JohN VAchoN [sic] 1941

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