Kate Breakey
Archilochus alexandri / Black-chinned Hummingbird

Archilochus alexandri / Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri / Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri / Black-chinned Hummingbird
ArtistAustralian, born 1957
CultureAustralian
Titles
  • Archilochus alexandri / Black-chinned Hummingbird
  • from the series Las Sombras
Date2009
MediumGelatin silver print, photogram with artist's frame
DimensionsImage: 6 1/8 × 4 1/4 in. (15.6 × 10.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 11 9/16 × 9 1/2 × 1/2 in. (29.4 × 24.1 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Clinton T. Willour
Object number2010.54
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceClinton T. Willour, Houston; given to MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"Poetics of Light," Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, December 1, 2009 - February 27, 2010.

“Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 31– November 30, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in the image, lower center: "Archilochus alexandri / Black-chinned Hummingbird"
No visible signature - framed

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