Emmet Kelly

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Artist Gjon Mili (American, born Albania, 1904–1984)American, born Albania, 1904–1984

CultureAmerican

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Emmet Kelly

Datec. 1950, printed later

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. (27 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/16 in. (35.4 × 26.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jordan Finn

Object number2015.589

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceThe artist; [Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by Jordan Finn, Houston; given to MFAH, 2015.
Published References Major publications on Gjon Mili include: Gjon Mili, Gjon Mili: Photographs & Recollections (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1980), 150. Gjon Mili, "Gjon Mili, Photographies", Paris: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1971. Harold Eugene Edgerton and James Rhyne Killian, "Moments of Vision: the Stroboscopic Revolution in Photography", Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1979. "Gjon Mili, October 28-December 3", New York: Howard Greenberg Gallery, 1944. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso bottom center edge in pencil: PF12829; bottom right corner: 521.

verso bottom center a stamp: Gjon Mili / The Richard Checani Collection [squared].

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