Caroline Vaughan
Bennye and Dwight (in wigs)

ArtistAmerican, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Bennye and Dwight (in wigs)
Date1989
PlaceDurham, North Carolina, United States
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.4 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 5/16 × 11 5/16 in. (21.1 × 28.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morganstern
Object number94.152
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Durham, North Carolina; purchased by MFAH, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso right edge in pencil reading vertically "Bennye and Dwight (in wigs)"
top left "1 1/2 min esp"
recto right margin in pencil "2 1/2 grade ?"
verso upper right edge in pencil reading vertically "© 1989 Caroline Vaughan"

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