Gjon Mili
Gaseous Elements Spilling Out of Pipe, Air Reduction Co.

Gaseous Elements Spilling Out of Pipe, Air Reduction Co.
Gaseous Elements Spilling Out of Pipe, Air Reduction Co.
Gaseous Elements Spilling Out of Pipe, Air Reduction Co.
ArtistAmerican, born Albania, 1904–1984
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Gaseous Elements Spilling Out of Pipe, Air Reduction Co.
Date1942
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 7/16 × 13 3/8 in. (26.5 × 34 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/16 × 13 3/8 in. (26.5 × 34 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jordan Finn
Object number2015.590
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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 bottom center edge in pencil: PF88180, bottom right corner: 61; center in pencil reading vertically: Gaseous Elements in the Air / Air Reduction Co.; top right corner in green marker: 71; upper right heavy black vertical line; variously placed: A[in red marker circled and upside down], 4[in black marker circled], 8 3/4 in pencil, 65[in pencil circled].
verso lower right a stamp: © Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. / No reproduction, commercial display or other / use is permitted without express written / permission of the copyright holder.; bottom right a stamp reading vertically: TIME INC. PICTURE COLLECTION / [bar code] / 001171876; center a stamp reading vertically[a part of which is circled ] GJON MILI / PHOTOGRAPHS / 6 EAST 23rd STREET / NEW YORK CITY ALgonquin 4-7222; center left a stamp[upside down, squared in red marker, black check mark]: USED IN LIFE JUN 15 1942; upper left a stamp[upside down]: 10312.

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