Unknown American
[East 42nd Street at Vanderbilt Avenue]

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [East 42nd Street at Vanderbilt Avenue]
Datec. 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (24.4 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (24.4 × 19.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mike and Mickey Marvins
Object number2013.725
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc., New York]; purchased by Michael Marvins and Michele Marvins, Houston; given to MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History“A Photographer’s Collection: Gifts from Michael and Michele Marvins,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 4–July 5, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on sheet verso in pencil: #30422; other scattered illegible pencil notations on verso.
No visible signature
Gallery label, verso on mat.

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