Clarence John Laughlin
The Potential (Seclusive) Demon

The Potential (Seclusive) Demon

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The Potential (Seclusive) Demon
The Potential (Seclusive) Demon
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Potential (Seclusive) Demon
DateSeptember 28, 1947, printed 1981
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 11/16 × 10 3/4 in. (34.8 × 27.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 11/16 × 10 3/4 in. (34.8 × 27.3 cm)
Mount: 17 11/16 × 15 1/2 in. (44.9 × 39.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.805
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to the Galveston Arts Center for "Clarence John Laughlin: The Transcendence of the Object," 1-20 to 2-25-96 (LN96.16).

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso of mount lower right in ink " 4749 c/f 3656 sent B#681 2/27/81 L[circled] 1/82 ", bottom right in ink " made 9/47 The Potential( Seclusive ) Demon Linger Not Amid Ruins Do Not Become Possessed by Dreams of Glory ( Woodlawn )/( Mrs. Cook )"
verso of mount upper left two stamps " Print No-------/Photograph Copyrighted by[in ink a curved arrow and '1973' ] C.J. Laughlin/All Reproduction Rights Reserved "
" Print_______/Photograph Copyrighted by /C.J. Laughlin/5227 Marigny St./New Orleans, La. 70122/Phone:504-288-8297/All Reproduction Rights /Reserved by the Photographer "

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