Arthur Tress
...and One Day Set Foot Upon an Exotic Island

...and One Day Set Foot Upon an Exotic Island
...and One Day Set Foot Upon an Exotic Island
...and One Day Set Foot Upon an Exotic Island
ArtistAmerican, born 1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • ...and One Day Set Foot Upon an Exotic Island
  • from the series A Teapot Opera
Date1980
PlaceUnited States
MediumSilver dye bleach print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 × 15 3/16 in. (36.8 × 38.6 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 15 5/16 in. (50.8 × 38.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern by exchange, the Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.3223
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: "'...And one day set foot / upon an exotic Island', / 1980 / 1/50"
Signed in pencil, verso, lower right: "Arthur Tress"

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