Artist
Clarence John Laughlin American, 1905–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Receding Rectangles
Date1947, printed later
PlaceLouisiana, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 5/8 × 13 13/16 in. (27 × 35.1 cm)
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 13 13/16 in. (27 × 35.1 cm)
Mount: 14 × 16 15/16 in. (35.6 × 43 cm)
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 13 13/16 in. (27 × 35.1 cm)
Mount: 14 × 16 15/16 in. (35.6 × 43 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Lynch Foundation, courtesy Mrs. Efrem Kurtz
Object number94.150
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Clarence John Laughlin: The Transcendence of the Object," the Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX, January 20 to February 25, 1996 (LN:96.16).
Exhibited: "A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Lower Jones and Masterson Galleries, October 14 - December 30, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated in white crayon beneath the bottom edge of the image/sheet on the mount: "1947 Clarence John Laughlin"
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Clarence John Laughlin
September 28, 1947, printed 1981
Gelatin silver print
91.805
