Duane Michals
The Man Who Invented Himself

The Man Who Invented Himself

© Duane Michals. Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York

The Man Who Invented Himself
The Man Who Invented Himself
ArtistAmerican, born 1932
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Man Who Invented Himself
Date1977
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 3/4 × 7 in. (12.1 × 17.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1663
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Storyteller: The Photographs of Duane Michals," Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, November 1, 2014–February 16, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto above and below the image in ink the story of the figure pictured-see photocopy in file
verso top right corner in pencil 14[circled]", lower left reading vertically "6621 / cl-36a / 8r278 / 6[circled]"
recto below text on the sheet in ink "Duane Michals 6/25"
verso bottom edge center a stamp with pencil addition "Galerie Wilde Köln 1977"

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