Unknown American
Perfume Bar

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Perfume Bar
Date1940s–1950s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.6 × 24.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.7 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Judy Nyquist
Object number2020.333
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceRandy Regier; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink, recto, lower right: OP-179
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right: MDL – 179 [sideways]

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