Mickey Pallas
Female Impersonator's Grand Entrance, Chicago, October, 1955

Female Impersonator's Grand Entrance, Chicago, October, 1955

© 1995 Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona Foundation.

Female Impersonator's Grand Entrance, Chicago, October, 1955
Female Impersonator's Grand Entrance, Chicago, October, 1955
ArtistAmerican, 1916–1997
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Female Impersonator's Grand Entrance, Chicago, October, 1955
Date1955, printed 1986
PlaceChicago, Illinois, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 7/16 × 10 3/8 in. (26.5 × 26.4 cm)
 Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Clinton T. Willour in memory of Naomi Sims (Newman Braud)
Object number93.182
Not on view

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Department
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Object Type
Provenance[Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles]; purchased by MFAH, 1993.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Inscribed in black ink on verso bottom edge: "HG Female Impersonator's Grand Entrance. Chicago 1955 © MICKEY PALLAS 1986", in pencil, lower right corner: "PF2909"
Signed in black ink on verso, lower right corner: "© Mickey Pallas"

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