Artist
Paul Outerbridge (American, 1896–1958)American, 1896–1958
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Piano
Date1926
PlaceUnited States
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 4 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (11.5 × 8.8 cm)
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (11.4 × 8.8 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 28 cm)
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (11.4 × 8.8 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 28 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1784
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Christie's New York 4/19/1990.
Exhibition History"Film und Foto", Stuttgart, 1929; "Photography's Response to Constructivism", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1980.
"American Vision: Photographers from the East, Selections from the Manfred Heiting Collection purchased by the Brown Foundation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from August 23-December 29, 2003.
"Platinum Photographs; 1880s to 1920s", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, May 24, 2004 - September 19, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in blue, followed by an inscription in pencil, verso of mount, upper left: "MHC 1709"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower left: "KG / FTO 106/$250"
Inscribed in pencil, recto of mount, lower right: "MPO.202.4"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower left: "KG / FTO 106/$250"
Inscribed in pencil, recto of mount, lower right: "MPO.202.4"
Signed and dated in pencil, recto of mount, beneath lower right of image/sheet: "Paul Outerbridge Jr. / 1926"
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Jacobus Johannes Pieter (J. J. P.) Oud
designed 1927, manufactured c. 1929–1931
Nickel-plated and patinated brass, and bulb
2016.114
