Samuel Birn
Untitled

ArtistCzech, active 1930s
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Untitled
Datec. 1930
PlaceChicago, Illinois, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage (.A, recto): 11 3/8 × 9 1/16 in. (29 × 23 cm)
Sheet (.A, recto): 11 9/16 × 9 3/16 in. (29.4 × 23.3 cm)
Mount: 15 1/16 × 12 3/8 in. (38.3 × 31.4 cm)
Image (.B, verso): 9 1/8 × 11 7/16 in. (23.2 × 29.1 cm)
Sheet (.B, verso): 9 5/16 × 11 5/8 in. (23.7 × 29.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Clinton T. Willour
Object number97.31.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[John Cleary Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1997.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: In white, on mount (.A):Light and Shadow/Museum of Science and Industry Chicago In white, on mount (.B): The Sunbeam Der Sonnenstrahl

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