Sally Mann
The Bent Ear

The Bent Ear

© 1989 Sally Mann

The Bent Ear
The Bent Ear
ArtistAmerican, born 1951
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Bent Ear
Date1989
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/4 × 7 5/8 in. (24.8 × 19.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 7 7/8 in. (25.4 × 20.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by James Edward Maloney and Beverly Ann Young, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1586
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: "25 20 x 24 / 25 16 x 20 / 25 8 x 10"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower right: "The Bent Ear / ©1989 / 3/25 [signature]"
Signed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower right: "Sally Mann"

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