William Edward Dassonville
Ship Deck II

Ship Deck II
Ship Deck II
Ship Deck II
ArtistAmerican, 1879–1957
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Ship Deck II
Datec. 1925
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 15/16 in. (19.3 × 25.3 cm)
 Sheet: 9 13/16 × 11 7/8 in. (24.9 × 30.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2833
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto bottom left corner in pencil: 354
verso bottom center in pencil: 4049
verso lower left an oval blue stamp: Estate of / William E. Dassonville

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