Artist
Howard Zieff(American, 1927–2009)American, 1927–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Optometrist (New York Daily News ad campaign)
Date1953
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 × 19 in. (35.6 × 48.3 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 19 in. (35.6 × 48.3 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 19 in. (35.6 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker on the occasion of her retirement
Object number2014.96
Not on view
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PhotographyObject Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Los Angeles; [G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, 2002]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History“Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 9–May 4, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Artist's stamp on verso: photograph by / HOWARD ZIEFF
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