Karen Knorr
Contemplation of the Essential Forms

Contemplation of the Essential Forms

© Karen Knorr

Contemplation of the Essential Forms
Contemplation of the Essential Forms
ArtistAmerican, born 1954
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Contemplation of the Essential Forms
  • from the series Connoisseurs
Date1986
MediumSilver dye bleach print
DimensionsImage: 35 1/16 × 36 in. (89 × 91.5 cm)
 Sheet: 35 1/16 × 36 in. (89 × 91.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by friends of Anne Wilke Tucker, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1466
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Contemporary Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection" at the Museum of Fine arts Houston, 5/17 through 8/10/03.

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