Artist
Françoise Cartier(Swiss, born 1952)Swiss, born 1952
Artist
Daniel Cartier(Swiss, born 1950)Swiss, born 1950
CultureSwiss
Titles
- Wait and See
Date2011
MediumGelatin silver paper
DimensionsSheet (each): 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (8.9 × 6.4 cm)
Mount: 11 3/4 × 16 in. (29.8 × 40.6 cm)
Mount: 11 3/4 × 16 in. (29.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern
Object number2012.310
Not on view
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ProvenanceThe work was created in 2011 and sent from the artists to the museum for purchase in 2012
Exhibition HistoryLes Journées photographiques de Bienne in Switzerland
At the Musée Neuhaus in Bienne from September 1st to September 26, 2011
“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
Recto, in pencil, along lower right margin, four columns of text, each column comprised of two numbered captions relating to the prints above; the fifth and final column of text has only a single numbered caption, and the photographer's signature appears above this fifth and final column of text.
From left to right, top to bottom:
140 M. BAUCHET & Cie Rueil F. / NORMA, I(?) BROMURE – 1900
102 LUMIERE – Paris/Lyon / LYPA 67 – Bromiere d'arg. – 1915
145 CRUMIERE – Paris / ARDEX AM 11 Med. 3 / – 1900
144 CRUMIERE, PARIS / SUV II – 1900
146 CRUMIERE, PARIS / ARDEX AEV 11 Extra Dur 6 / – 1900
81A KODAK – GB – VELOX VG-2 / 1910
142 KODAK BGC – 4
142 KODAK BGC – 4 / BROMIDE – 1900 / (fixé)
f&d Cartier / 2011
109 Defender Photo Supply / Rochester – / Appex R-4 – 1945
N/F (in extreme lower right corner)
From left to right, top to bottom:
140 M. BAUCHET & Cie Rueil F. / NORMA, I(?) BROMURE – 1900
102 LUMIERE – Paris/Lyon / LYPA 67 – Bromiere d'arg. – 1915
145 CRUMIERE – Paris / ARDEX AM 11 Med. 3 / – 1900
144 CRUMIERE, PARIS / SUV II – 1900
146 CRUMIERE, PARIS / ARDEX AEV 11 Extra Dur 6 / – 1900
81A KODAK – GB – VELOX VG-2 / 1910
142 KODAK BGC – 4
142 KODAK BGC – 4 / BROMIDE – 1900 / (fixé)
f&d Cartier / 2011
109 Defender Photo Supply / Rochester – / Appex R-4 – 1945
N/F (in extreme lower right corner)
Recto, in pencil, along lower right margin, signature appears above this fifth and final column of text : f&d Cartier / 2011
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