Gjon Mili
Artillery Drill, Horses and Carriages Colliding

Artillery Drill, Horses and Carriages Colliding
Artillery Drill, Horses and Carriages Colliding
Artillery Drill, Horses and Carriages Colliding
ArtistAmerican, born Albania, 1904–1984
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Artillery Drill, Horses and Carriages Colliding
Date1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 1/2 × 10 7/8 in. (31.8 × 27.6 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 10 7/8 in. (31.8 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jordan Finn
Object number2015.588
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by Jordan Finn, Houston; given to MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper center in pencil: Artillery drill-forming figure 3; top right: Ft Meyer Horse & Tank Show; upper right in green marker: /8/52 43[circled]; center in pencil: A[circled], B[in red marker], several random marks in pencil and marker; bottom center edge in pencil: PF88112; bottom right corner: 5.
verso lower right: © Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. / No reproduction, commercial display or other / use is permitted without express written / permission of the copyright holder.; top right a stamp in red: USED IN LIFE MAR 24 1941[squared in red marker, check mark in black marker]; a squiggle in green and red marker circled in pencil; a printed paper sticker: TIME INC. PICTURE COLLECTION / [bar code] / 001140714; upper center a stamp[part of which is circled in red marker]: GJON MILI / PHOTOGRAPHS / 6 EAST 23rd STREET / NEW YORK CITY ALgonquin 4-7222; lower left a stamp in green reading vertically: 8272

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