George Silk
Jack Nicklaus during the Masters Golf Tournament

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Artist George Silk(American, born New Zealand, 1916–2004)American, born New Zealand, 1916–2004

CultureAmerican

Titles

Jack Nicklaus during the Masters Golf Tournament

Date1961, printed c.1961

Place depictedAugusta, Georgia, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 × 8 1/2 in. (25.4 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/2 in. (25.4 × 21.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by John H. Adger, John Butler, M. Robert Dussler, R. Cary McNair, Wm. P. O'Connell, Jamey Rootes, Scott Schwinger, Rick Smith, and Joe Sutton in honor of Robert C. McNair and the Houston Texans at "One Great Night in November, 2011"

Object number2012.7

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Various inscriptions on sheet verso in pencil, colored pencil, and ink on sheet verso, and taped yellow paper caption. SEE information in Mark(s) field.

No signature [See George Silk in LIFE MAGAZINE stamp on verso]

Various stamps and inscriptions in pencil, colored pencil and ink, and taped paper with typed caption on sheet verso, from top to bottom:

- MAY 11 1962 [stamped, red ink]
- TIME INC. PICTURE COLLECTION printed barcode label: 001007515
- 62287 [handwritten, blue pencil]
- C-7 [horizontal line] 22 [handwritten, pencil]
- 8 [handwritten, pencil, immediately to left of LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION stamp]
- LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION [stamped in red ink above right of LIFE Magazine stamp]
- LIFE MAGAZINE stamp [in blue ink, horizontal]: Life Photo By: George Silk / Date: 4-10-61 / Set No. 62287, with added 62287 in blue pencil / Story & Location: Master Golf Tournament / Black & White Film: 35 mm 20
- Time Inc. copyright stamp [stamped in black]
- Golf – Nicklaus, Jack [handwritten in pencil, with horizontal line drawn below]
- Horizontal strip of yellow paper taped, with typed caption: 167 -- Jack Nicklaus during the Master Golf Tournament 4/61
- 100 [stamped in black in, upside down]
- PF 104144 [handwritten, in pencil, center of lower edge]
- 37.4% [handwritten, in pencil, vertically near lower right edge]
- 74.8 [handwritten, in pencil, vertically near lower right edge]

On mat verso, gallery label with barcode affixed at upper left: 0104144 / SILK George / Jack Nicklaus during the Master Golf Tournament, 1961 / Gelatin silver print; printed c. 1961
Gallery number on mat verso, center of lower edge, in pencil: 104144

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