Artist
Clarence John Laughlin (American, 1905–1985)American, 1905–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Eye, Number One
DateJune 12, 1937
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 3/4 × 10 1/4 in. (34.9 × 26 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 1/4 in. (34.9 × 26 cm)
Mount: 17 1/16 × 14 in. (43.3 × 35.6 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 1/4 in. (34.9 × 26 cm)
Mount: 17 1/16 × 14 in. (43.3 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.807
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Clarence John Laughlin: The Transcendence of the Object," Galveston Arts Center, Texas, January 20–February 25, 1996.
"The Artist Portrayed," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 14–November 5, 1995.
"Optical/Perceptual: Photographs from the Allan Chasanoff Collection," Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, October 6, 2008–January 4, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
lower left corner below image in ink " The Eye( No.1): 1937 "
verso of mount lower right " The Eye # 1"
, upper right " HL[circled] 1246/#2[circled] R[circled] 6/73/Old D.W/Preso/Re-L[circled] 6/75 "
verso of mount lower right " The Eye # 1"
, upper right " HL[circled] 1246/#2[circled] R[circled] 6/73/Old D.W/Preso/Re-L[circled] 6/75 "
lower right corner below image in ink " Clarence John Laughlin "
verso of mount bottom right corner a white paper label " E-2 "
upper left corner a paper label mostly missing, below is another paper label " Walker Art Center Minneapolis 943-18[in ink] ", below this a stamp " Print no. E2/C.J.Laughlin/527 Decatur St./New Orleans, La./All reproduction and /advertising rights/retained by the photographer "
upper left " NY #1246/B#153/Old RC print ", center in red " E-2 "
upper left corner a paper label mostly missing, below is another paper label " Walker Art Center Minneapolis 943-18[in ink] ", below this a stamp " Print no. E2/C.J.Laughlin/527 Decatur St./New Orleans, La./All reproduction and /advertising rights/retained by the photographer "
upper left " NY #1246/B#153/Old RC print ", center in red " E-2 "
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Clarence John Laughlin
September 28, 1947, printed 1981
Gelatin silver print
91.805
