Artist
Clarence John Laughlin (American, 1905–1985)American, 1905–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Secret of the House
DateMarch 8, 1953
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (34.9 × 27.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (34.9 × 27.3 cm)
Mount: 17 1/16 × 14 1/16 in. (43.3 × 35.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (34.9 × 27.3 cm)
Mount: 17 1/16 × 14 1/16 in. (43.3 × 35.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.806
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Tradition and the Unpredictable: The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Upper Jones and Wiess Galleries; January 16-March 27, 1994.
Exhibited:"Clarence John Laughlin: The Transcendence of the Object," Galveston Arts Center, January 20-February 25, 1996 (LN96.16).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
lower left corner below image in ink " The Secret of the House : 1953 "
lower right corner below image in ink " Clarence John Laughlin "
verso of mount upper left a stamp with additions in ink " Print No. V-37 C.J.Laughlin 627 Decatur St. New Orleans 16, La. All Reproduction and Advertising Rights Retained by the Photographer "
lower right a stamp[upside down] " Neikrug Galleries, Inc. 244 E. 68 St. New York City 10021 Bu 87741 ", below this[also upside down] a second stamp " Neikrug Gallery, Inc. Two Twenty Four East Sixty Eighth Street New York 21 N.Y. Marjorie Neikrug Butterfield 8-77412 "
lower right a stamp[upside down] " Neikrug Galleries, Inc. 244 E. 68 St. New York City 10021 Bu 87741 ", below this[also upside down] a second stamp " Neikrug Gallery, Inc. Two Twenty Four East Sixty Eighth Street New York 21 N.Y. Marjorie Neikrug Butterfield 8-77412 "
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