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Letters

Letters
Letters
Letters
ArtistAmerican, born 1945
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Letters
  • from the series Theater of Memory
Date1984, printed 1987–1988
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 43 × 20 in. (109.2 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.1165
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.

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