Artist
Billie W. Mercer(American, born 1936)American, born 1936
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Wedding Flowers
Date1996
PlaceTeotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 8 7/8 × 9 5/8 in. (22.5 × 24.4 cm)
Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern in honor of the artist
Object number98.88
Not on view
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso of mount bottom center in pencil "1994 Wedding Flowers-Teotitlan del Valle"
The photograph is signed in pencil, below image on mount: "1994 Billie Mercer."
verso of mount bottom left a printed label giving particulars of photograph and of artist
bottom center a second printed label "From series: Enduring Faith / Billie Mercer / 6602 Blue Hills Road / Houston, Texas 77069 / 713/444-6651"
bottom center a second printed label "From series: Enduring Faith / Billie Mercer / 6602 Blue Hills Road / Houston, Texas 77069 / 713/444-6651"
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