Looking at the world through a porthole

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Looking at the world through a porthole
Date1930s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 2 3/8 × 4 1/8 in. (6 × 10.5 cm)
Sheet: 2 9/16 × 4 3/8 in. (6.5 × 11.1 cm)
Mount: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2020.137.28.25
Non exposé

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Department
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Object Type
ProvenanceBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey; purchased by MFAH, 2020.

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