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[view from bed of lightbulb laying on bed with sewing machine in background "DEC. 1956"]

[view from bed of lightbulb laying on bed with sewing machine in background "DEC. 1956"]

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[view from bed of lightbulb laying on bed with sewing machine in background "DEC. 1956"]
Artist
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  • [view from bed of lightbulb laying on bed with sewing machine in background "DEC. 1956"]
Date1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 × 4 1/2 in. (7.6 × 11.4 cm)
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (8.9 × 13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2014.443
Not on view

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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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Gelatin silver print
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scan from file photograph
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1950s–1960s
Gelatin silver print
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early 1980s
Internal dye diffusion transfer print
2025.779.93
Fragment of a Bed Cover (Colcha)
Unknown Indian
16th–17th century
Cotton with silk embroidery
2024.506
Bed Cover (Colcha)
Unknown Indian
early 17th century
Cotton with silk embroidery
2024.505
Unknown