Lawrence M. Hitz
Evil Eye

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Evil Eye
  • from the series Project Row Houses
Date1998, printed 2000
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print with selenium toning
DimensionsOverall: 10 3/16 × 10 3/16 in. (25.9 × 25.9 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 10 7/16 × 10 7/16in. (26.5 × 26.5cm)
Mount (mount): 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2000.482
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Houston; given to MFAH, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, beneath lower left of sheet: "5/5"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of artist's mount: "The boy's name is Ishman Hunter or 'Bud' / Fall 1998 photographed at Project Row Houses / in Houston's Third Ward in North Light / Hasselblad camera Cart Zeiss Makro-Planar 120 mm lens / T-max 100 film / Printed July 2000 Aristo cold light + cc10y + #3 contrast filter / Schneider 90 APO enlarging lens / Oriental Seagull VC fiber base paper / Dektol 1:3 / Selenium 1:16 3 min tone / archival wash / color mount on Light Impressions Westminster 100% Rag / Print called: Evil Eye / Lawrence Hitz"
Signed in pencil, recto of mount, beneath lower right of sheet: "Lawrence Hitz"

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