Artist
Beuford Smith(American, born 1941)American, born 1941
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Woman and Flag, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Date1969, printed 1972
PlaceBrooklyn, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (24.1 × 28.2 cm)
Mount: 19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.7 × 40.5 cm)
Mount: 19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.7 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by James Edward Maloney and Beverly Ann Young
Object number2000.649
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 27–August 30, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, top left corner: BS-2 // 1200.
Stamped in black, mount verso on applied label, center: BEUFORD SMITH
Inscribed in blue ink, mount verso on applied label, center: Woman & Flag // Brooklyn, N.Y. 1969
Inscribed in black ink, mount verso on applied label, center: Printed // 1972 // Beuford Smith
Stamped in black ink, mount verso on applied label, center: BEUFORD SMITH // 1015 SIXTH AVE., N. Y. 10018 // 564-8459
Signed in ink on the mount, lower right below image: Beuford Smith
Stamped in black, mount verso on applied label, center: BEUFORD SMITH
Inscribed in blue ink, mount verso on applied label, center: Woman & Flag // Brooklyn, N.Y. 1969
Inscribed in black ink, mount verso on applied label, center: Printed // 1972 // Beuford Smith
Stamped in black ink, mount verso on applied label, center: BEUFORD SMITH // 1015 SIXTH AVE., N. Y. 10018 // 564-8459
Signed in ink on the mount, lower right below image: Beuford Smith
Signed in ink on the mount, lower right below image: Beuford Smith
Signed in ink on paper label on the back of the mount: Printed/1972/Beuford Smith
Signed in ink on paper label on the back of the mount: Printed/1972/Beuford Smith
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