John Coplans
Self-Portrait (Front Hand, No. 3)

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Artist John Coplans (British, 1920–2003)British, 1920–2003

CultureBritish

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Self-Portrait (Front Hand, No. 3)

Date1987

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 40 7/8 × 38 in. (103.9 × 96.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Michael and Jeanne Klein

Object number97.569

Not on view

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Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Contemporary Art and Photography: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Upper Brown Pavilion, September 30, 2001 - February 3, 2002.

Exhibited: "Contemporary Photography from the Collection of the MFAH", at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, August 15, 2003-January 4, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Labels, verso of image: "Catalogue No. 39 / The Photography of Invention: / American Pictures of the 1980's / John Coplans / Self-Portrait: Front of Hand III / gelatin silver print / lent by the artist / 28 3/4 x 26 3/4 / National Museum of American Art, / Smithsonian Instition, Washington, D.C. 20560." Label, verso of image: "Museum of Contemporary Art / 237 East Ontario Street, Chicago, / Illinois 60611, 312/280-2660 / The Photography of Invention at the MCA / Chicago, from Nov. 3 1989 - Jan 28, 1990 / #39 John Coplans Self-Portrait: Front of Hand III / Artist / Crate #8."

The photograph is not signed.

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