[man crouching next to a body of water with his arms around a sculpture of a woman]

[man crouching next to a body of water with his arms around a sculpture of a woman]

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[man crouching next to a body of water with his arms around a sculpture of a woman]
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Date1940s–1950s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (7 × 7 cm)
 Sheet: 3 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (8.3 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2014.317
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen, New York; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“In A Snap: The Art of Vernacular Photography,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 12, 2014–February 22, 2015.

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