Henry Holmes Smith
Light Study

Light Study
ArtistAmerican, 1909–1986
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Light Study
Date1946–1947
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 3/8 × 6 1/8 in. (13.7 × 15.6 cm)
 Sheet: 5 × 6 5/8 in. (12.7 × 16.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern
Object number2010.1976
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by Joan Morgenstern, Houston, March 19, 1992; given to MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper left in pencil: 4 ( circled ) C-2-a
verso lower right in ink " Wanda Lee Smith "
verso lower right a stamp: Henry Holmes Smith (signature) Wanda Lee Smith

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