Lawrence M. Hitz
Evil Eye

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Artist Lawrence M. Hitz(American, born 1947)American, born 1947

CultureAmerican

Titles

Evil Eye
from the series Project Row Houses

Date1998, printed 2000

PlaceHouston, Texas, United States

MediumGelatin silver print with selenium toning

DimensionsOverall: 10 3/16 × 10 3/16 in. (25.9 × 25.9 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 10 7/16 × 10 7/16in. (26.5 × 26.5cm)
Mount (mount): 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist

Object number2000.482

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceThe artist, Houston; given to MFAH, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil, beneath lower left of sheet: "5/5"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of artist's mount: "The boy's name is Ishman Hunter or 'Bud' / Fall 1998 photographed at Project Row Houses / in Houston's Third Ward in North Light / Hasselblad camera Cart Zeiss Makro-Planar 120 mm lens / T-max 100 film / Printed July 2000 Aristo cold light + cc10y + #3 contrast filter / Schneider 90 APO enlarging lens / Oriental Seagull VC fiber base paper / Dektol 1:3 / Selenium 1:16 3 min tone / archival wash / color mount on Light Impressions Westminster 100% Rag / Print called: Evil Eye / Lawrence Hitz"

Signed in pencil, recto of mount, beneath lower right of sheet: "Lawrence Hitz"

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