The Swimmer
Artist
Nathan Lerner(American, 1913–1997)American, 1913–1997
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Swimmer
Date1935
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/8 × 8 1/2 in. (33.3 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Kiyoko Lerner
Object number2014.891
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Published References "Modernist Eye: The Art and Design of Nathan Lerner" (Raleigh, NC: Gallery of Art & Design, North Carolina State University, 2000). "Nathan Lerner: A Photographic Retrospective, 1932-1979" (Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1979). "Nathan Lerner: Photographs 1932-1944" (Milwaukee: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1995). Travis, David, Elizabeth Siegel, and Keith F. Davis, "Taken by Design: Photographs from the Institute of Design, 1937-1971" (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2002). Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top center in pencil: SWIMMER; top right corner in ink: K[circled]; center in pencil: "the Swimmer" / Chicago/1935; bottom left in ink: EW-19; bottom right in pencil: Pg.9 / INV 3699
verso center in pencil: Nathan Lerner
mat verso pencil " # 11 "
mat verso pencil " "The Swimmer" / Chicago/1935 / LW-19 "
mat verso pencil " 10 / 75 / 50 "
mat verso pencil " INV 3699 "
mat verso pencil " "The Swimmer" / Chicago/1935 / LW-19 "
mat verso pencil " 10 / 75 / 50 "
mat verso pencil " INV 3699 "
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