Mario Finazzi
Candles

Candles
Candles
Candles
ArtistItalian, 1905–2002
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Candles
Date1955
Place , Italy
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/8 × 9 7/16 in. (18.1 × 24 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 7/16 in. (18.1 × 24 cm)
Credit LineThe Carla and Lorenzo Borlenghi Collection of Italian Photographs, museum purchase funded by Ermy Borlenghi and Gordon Bonfield and Cathy and Giorgio Borlenghi
Object number2000.9
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Postwar Italian Photograph" at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, February 2 to April 28, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed verso, center: "Candele / hot line / 1955 / [signature] / 9omaggio al pittore fiorenzo Zomer"
The photograph is signed in black, recto, lower left: "Mario Finazzi / 1955" and verso, center: "Mario Finazzi"

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