Neil Maurer
Two Black Squares

Two Black Squares
Two Black Squares
Two Black Squares
ArtistAmerican, born 1941
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Two Black Squares
Date1988
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (29.2 × 44.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 15/16 in. (40.3 × 50.6 cm)
Mount: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern in honor of James Edward Maloney and Beverly Ann Young
Object number97.633
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoan Morgenstern, Houston; given to MFAH, 1997.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso left edge reading vertically "LEC 88 39-6 1988/1988"
bottom left edge in pencil "TWO BLACK SQUARES"
verso of mount top center in pencil "TOP[arrow pointing up] / TWO BLACK SQUARES / 1988"
left side three pencil squiggles
verso left edge in pencil reading vertically "Neil Maurer"
verso of mount top right corner a printed label "107. Neil Maurer / Two Squares 1988 / Gelatin Silver / 11 1/2"x17 1/2" / 250-350"

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