Clarence John Laughlin
Significant Ornamentation

Significant Ornamentation

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Significant Ornamentation
Significant Ornamentation
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Significant Ornamentation
Date1959, printed 1973
PlaceGalveston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 11/16 × 10 7/8 in. (34.8 × 27.6 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 11 3/16 in. (35.6 × 28.4 cm)
Mount: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary and Rick Gardner
Object number2009.1269
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceRick Gardner, College Station, Texas; given to MFAH, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on the mount, lower left to center below the image: "Significant Ornamentation: 1959 (Galveston)"

Marked in ink on verso mount, lower right: "13387 / B#656 / 4/6/73 / #1(in a circle) / L(in a circle) 6/76
Signed in pencil on the mount, lower right below the image: "Clarence John Laughlin"
Stamped on verso mount, upper left, with additional marks in ink: "Printe No. 9 / Photograph Copyrighted by / C. J. Laughlin / All Reproduction Rights Reserved / Print made by C.J.L. 4/6/73"

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