Ralph Gibson
Self-Portrait in Shock

Self-Portrait in Shock

© Ralph Gibson

Self-Portrait in Shock
Self-Portrait in Shock
ArtistAmerican, born 1939
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Self-Portrait in Shock
Date1968, printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 3/8 × 8 3/16 in. (31.4 × 20.8 cm)
 Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern
Object number2009.1599
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Benteler-Morgan Gallery, Houston]; purchased by Joan Morgenstern, Houston, January 18, 1986; given to MFAH, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso bottom: " 'SELF PORTRAIT IN SHOCK' / (signature) 1968"
"4500"

Marked in pencil on recto mat, lower border: "2 JOAN (intersected w/) RALPHOUSTON 86"
Signed in ink, below the image: "For Joan Ralph Gibson"

Signed in pencil, verso lower center: "Ralph Gibson 1968"

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