Morton Schamberg
"God" by Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven and Morton Schamberg

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Artist Morton Schamberg (American, 1881–1918)American, 1881–1918

CultureAmerican

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"God" by Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven and Morton Schamberg

Date1917

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (23.5 x 18.8 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (23.5 × 18.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment

Object number89.31

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceEstate of Charles Sheeler; [...]; [Frank Kolodny, Princeton, New Jersey]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition History"Photographic Masterworks: Recent Acquisitions," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Glassell School, January 23–March 4, 1990.

"A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 14–December 30, 2001.

"America in Focus: Precisionism in the Machine Age," de Young Museum, San Francisco, March 24–August 12, 2018; Dallas Museum of Art, September 16, 2018–January 6, 2019.
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