Paul Strand
Toadstool and Grasses, Georgetown, Maine

Toadstool and Grasses, Georgetown, Maine

© Aperture Foundation, Inc., Paul Strand Archive

Toadstool and Grasses, Georgetown, Maine
Toadstool and Grasses, Georgetown, Maine
ArtistAmerican, 1890–1976
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Toadstool and Grasses, Georgetown, Maine
Date1928
PlaceGeorgetown, Maine, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 7 9/16 in. (24.3 × 19.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 7/8 in. (24.9 × 20.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2374
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePaul Strand archive, Millerton; Michael Hoffman, New York (by exchange)

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Aperture Foundation Inc. on 4/11/1988.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in, "American Vision: Photographers from the East, Selections from the Manfred Heiting Collection purchased by the Brown Foundation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from August 23-December 29, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, upper left: "EW NF 169 / MCH.37.6"

Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, center: "Toadstool + Grasses / Maine 1928 / [signature] HS"
Signed in pencil, verso of sheet, center: "Paul Strand HS"

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