Stephen Berkman
The History of Dread: A Guide for the Perplexed

ArtistAmerican, born 1963
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The History of Dread: A Guide for the Perplexed
  • Strange Genius
  • from the portfolio "21st: The Journal of Contemporary Photography - Volume V"
Dateno date, printed 2002
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsImage: 8 7/16 × 6 3/4in. (21.4 × 17.2cm)
Plate: 8 7/8 × 7 1/4in. (22.6 × 18.4cm)
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 13 9/16in. (38.5 × 34.5cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern and Anne Wilkes Tucker
Object number2002.75.50
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Leo & Wolfe Photography, Inc., Brewster, Massachusetts]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, recto of sheet, beneath the lower left of the platemark: "21/55"
Signed in pencil, recto of sheet, beneath the lower right of the platemark: "Stephen Berkman"

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