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

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

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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