Rudy Burckhardt
Scene from the Movie "Mounting Tension"

Scene from the Movie "Mounting Tension"

© Estate of Rudy Burckhardt/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Scene from the Movie "Mounting Tension"
Scene from the Movie "Mounting Tension"
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1914–1999
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Scene from the Movie "Mounting Tension"
Datec. 1950
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (19.1 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (19.1 × 24.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number88.74
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; given to MFAH, 1988.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on sheet verso in pencil:
Larry Rivers and John Ashbery square off in Mounting Tension, with Jane Freilicher goading them on. A comedy by Rudy Burckhardt.

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