© 1989 Richard Misrach, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles
Artist
Richard Misrach(American, born 1949)American, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
- White Man Contemplating Pyramids, Egypt
Date1989
PlaceCairo, Egypt
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 18 3/8 × 23 1/8 in. (46.7 × 58.7 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 24 in. (50.7 × 61 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 24 in. (50.7 × 61 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Peter R. Coneway, S. Reed Morian, Meredith J. Long, and Tom Roupe in honor of Fayez Sarofim at "One Great Night in November, 2003", The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1669
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Robert Mann Gallery, New York, on 11/22/1988.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black, recto of sheet, beneath lower left of image: "19/25 WHITE MAN CONTEMPLATING PYRAMIDS"
Signed and dated in black, recto of sheet, beneath lower right of image: "©Richard Misrach 1989/1991"
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