A. E. Cheesman
Boyer Riveting Hammer

Boyer Riveting Hammer
Boyer Riveting Hammer
Boyer Riveting Hammer
Artistpossibly American, birthdate not known
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Boyer Riveting Hammer
Date1925
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.482
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Optical/Perceptual: Photographs from the Allan Chasanoff Collection," Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, October 6, 2008–January 4, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
lower left corner of mount in pencil " Boyer Rivetting Hammer ", verso upper left corner in ink " A. E. Cheesman, 232 Jessamine Ave, Yonkers N. Y. ", in pencil " full ", " 21 "[circled] lower left corner "108"[circled], ruled pencil lines[two triangles]
lower right corner of mount in pencil " Arthur E. Cheesman /25 "

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