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My Mother Holding Me When I Was Three, from the series Relations

My Mother Holding Me When I Was Three, from the series Relations
My Mother Holding Me When I Was Three, from the series Relations
ArtistAmerican, born 1945
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • My Mother Holding Me When I Was Three, from the series Relations
Date1972, printed 1995
PlaceUnited States
MediumSilver dye bleach print
DimensionsImage: 12 15/16 × 8 1/2 in. (32.9 × 21.6 cm)
 Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number96.665
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; given to MFAH, 1996.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The photograph is signed and dated in silver ink, bottom right of sheet: "Stephen Laub 1972".

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