Clarence John Laughlin
The Enigma

The Enigma

© The Historic New Orleans Collection

The Enigma
The Enigma
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Enigma
Date1941, printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/16 × 10 3/4 in. (33.2 × 27.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 13/16 × 10 3/4 in. (35.1 × 27.3 cm)
Mount: 19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.6 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Lynch Foundation, courtesy Mrs. Efrem Kurtz
Object number91.271
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Robert Miller Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to the Galveston Arts Center for "Clarence John Laughlin: The Transcendence of the Object," 1-20 to 2-25-96 (LN96.16).

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil, lower left corner: "3500", lower right corner: "RMG #9104-328-0". In black ink on mount verso: "3555" "C.J.L.". Stamped on mount verso both lower right and upper left: "Photography by Clarence John Laughlin/ [c] The Historic New Orleans Collection". Typed on sticker, verso center: "M-45: THE ENIGMA: 1941 #3555/ [plus additional descriptive text which is on file]"
Signed in pencil, lower left, below image: "Clarence John Laughlin"

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