Nathan Lerner
Heroic Figure

Heroic Figure

© Estate of Nathan Lerner / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Heroic Figure
Heroic Figure
ArtistAmerican, 1913–1997
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Heroic Figure
Date1983
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 13 3/8 × 9 1/16 in. (34 × 23 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm)
Mount: 21 15/16 × 18 in. (55.7 × 45.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Kiyoko Lerner
Object number2014.854
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Chicago, d. 1997; by inheritance to his wife Kiyoko Lerner, Chicago, 1997; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper half in pencil: 11x14 / 2[circled] Same / S.G.
verso of mount in pencil: top left diagonally: #94; center: "HEROIC FIGURE" / 1983 / 100 / 75 / 50; bottom right corner: INV 3679
not signed
mat verso pencil: #94
mat verso pencil" HEROIC FIGURE
mat verso pencil " 1983 "
mat verso pencil " 100 / 75 / 50 "
mat verso pencil " INV 3679 "

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