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Woman on Subway

© 1969 Beuford Smith

Woman on Subway
Woman on Subway
ArtistAmerican, 1941–2025
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Woman on Subway
Date1969
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 × 10 1/4 in. (30.5 × 26 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 10 1/4 in. (30.5 × 26 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 15/16 in. (50.8 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by James Edward Maloney and Beverly Ann Young
Object number2000.650
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Steven Kasher Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Exhibition History"Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 27–August 30, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, top left: BS-10 // 1600.
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, center right: 1969 // NYC
Inscribed and signed in blue ink, mount verso, center: Woman on Subway // Beuford Smith
Inscribed and signed in pencil, mount verso, lower center: Printed 1969 // Beuford Smith
Stamped in black ink, mount verso, bottom center: © BEUFORD SMITH/CESAIRE // 718-624-7670
Signed in blue ink, mount verso, center: Beuford Smith
Signed in pencil, mount verso, lower center: Beuford Smith

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