Chandra McCormick
The Prayer: River Baptism, Phoenix, Louisiana

The Prayer: River Baptism, Phoenix, Louisiana
The Prayer: River Baptism, Phoenix, Louisiana
The Prayer: River Baptism, Phoenix, Louisiana
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Prayer: River Baptism, Phoenix, Louisiana
Date1986
PlacePheniôx, Louisiana, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 7/8 × 20 1/4 in. (32.7 × 51.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Clinton T. Willour, the Museum Guild, Carey C. Shuart, the Mundy Family Foundation, James Edward Maloney, Elizabeth Austin Conner, the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust, Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Fridkin, Steve Laedtke, Kevin Longino, Don A. Sanders, W. Burt Nelson, and DeMellier Navran in memory of S. I. Morris
Object number2006.367
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Spring, Texas; purchased by MFAH, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on the mat, lower left below image: " 'The Prayer' River Baptism, Pheniôx [sic], Louisiana"

Marked in pencil on verso lower center: " 'The Prayer' River Baptism, Phenôx [sic], Louisiana"




Marked in pencil on the mat, lower right below the image: "Chandra McCormick © 1986"

Marked in pencil on verso lower left: "Chandra McCormick © 1986"

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