Lester Balog
Woodie Guthrie

ArtistAmerican, born Hungary, 1905–1976
PrinterAmerican, born 1951
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Woodie Guthrie
Date1941, printed 1978
Place depictedUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print with selenium toning
DimensionsImage: 8 × 10 9/16 in. (20.3 × 26.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in. (27.6 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ken and Melanie Light
Object number2000.632
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Sounds I See: Photographs of Musicians," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Foundation Gallery, September 20, 2008 - January 19, 2009.

"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 7 July 2012 - 2 January 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: "Woody Guthrie / Photography by Lester Balog / KL-A / Printed by Ken Light 1978
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