Sylvia Plachy
Burning of the Bread, Brooklyn, New York

Burning of the Bread, Brooklyn, New York

© Sylvia Plachy

Burning of the Bread, Brooklyn, New York
Burning of the Bread, Brooklyn, New York
ArtistAmerican, born Hungary, 1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Burning of the Bread, Brooklyn, New York
Date1981
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/8 × 12 3/16 in. (20.6 × 31 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in. (27.6 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Clinton T. Willour
Object number97.280
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceU.S. Tibet Committee; purchased by MFAH, 1997.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso above signature in pencil "Burning of the Bread / Brooklyn / 1981"
bottom right "8104-16-2"
verso right center in pencil "Sylvia Plachy"

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