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[Portraits of Couples Stapled to Matchbook]

[Portraits of Couples Stapled to Matchbook]

Public Domain

Artist
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [Portraits of Couples Stapled to Matchbook]
Date1950s–1960s
Place depictedUnited States
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsOverall: 1 15/16 × 2 5/16 × 1/8 in. (5 × 5.9 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2025.779.72
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen, New York; given to MFAH, 2025.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[No inscriptions recto or verso]

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