Allan Ludwig
The Best Circles

ArtistAmerican, born 1945
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Best Circles
  • from the series Base Metals
Date1979
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 13 13/16 in. (27.5 × 35.1 cm)
Mount: 16 × 16 in. (40.6 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.848
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
lower left below image on mount in pencil " 67.10.27.79.R10.F9.c. "
lower right below image on mount in pencil "© 1979, Allan I. Ludwig "
verso of mount in ink[line 7 of Print Catalogue- see Marks] " Allan I. Ludwig "
verso of mount a printed sheet pasted to mount " Archival Print Catalogue '[ sixteen entries of information typed and with the signature and date in ink " Allan I. Ludwig, Dec. 1979 "

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