John Gutmann
The Stranger

The Stranger

© 1998 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents

The Stranger
The Stranger
ArtistAmerican, born Germany, 1905–1998
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Stranger
Date1937, printed c. 1974
Place depictedTexas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (24.1 × 19.7 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (24.1 × 19.7 cm)
Mount: 18 1/8 × 14 in. (46 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of John Gutmann
Object number2000.174
Not on view

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Department
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Object Type
ProvenanceEstate of John Gutmann; given to MFAH, 2000.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited ¦as i saw it¦, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976.
Exhibited ¦Beyond the Document¦, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil on the mount, lower right below image: "John Gutmann"
Signed in pencil on verso mount, lower right: "© John Gutmann"
Marked in pencil on verso mount, lower left: "B.R./THE STRANGER TEXAS/1935"

Label on verso mount, upper left: "SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART...EXHIBITION AS I SAW IT: PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN GUTMANN"

Marked in pencil on verso upper left edge: "38.11."

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