Berenice Abbott
Supersight: Hand

Supersight: Hand

© Berenice Abbott/ Commerce Graphics

Supersight: Hand
Supersight: Hand
ArtistAmerican, 1898–1991
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Supersight: Hand
Date1940, printed later
PlaceCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 18 1/2 × 11 in. (47 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 18 1/2 × 11 in. (47 × 27.9 cm)
Mount: 30 × 20 in. (76.2 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ronald A. Kurtz
Object number93.443
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceRonald A. Kurtz; given to MFAH, 1993.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Figuring the Body", February 25 through May 25, 1997, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: stamped in black ink, verso:
"BERENICE ABBOTT/ABBOTT, MAINE 04406/ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"
Signed in pencil, beneath lower right corner of image on matboard: "BERENICE ABBOTT"

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