William Wegman
Letters

Letters

© 1994 William Wegman

Letters
Letters
ArtistAmerican, born 1943
Publisherfounded 1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Letters
  • from the portfolio A Showing of Weimaraner
DateJanuary 1994, printed 1997
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsPlate: 10 1/2 × 16 1/8 in. (26.7 × 41 cm)
 Sheet: 18 3/16 × 23 in. (46.2 × 58.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern in honor of Morgan Shostak and Charina Howlitt
Object number2003.889.2
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoan Morgenstern, Houston; given to MFAH, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil, lower left below image: "66/100"
Marked in pencil, lower center below image: "letters"
Marked in pencil, lower right below image: "William Wegman"
Title page: "A SHOWING OF WEIMARANER / Being Specimens of Letters, Numbers and Punctuation / of an original and extraordinary letterform created by WILLIAM WEGMAN Assisted by the beautiful Fay Ray / her lovely daughters, Battina and Crooky / and her son, the noble Chundo, Heirs to the fame of Man Ray, the dog. THORNWILLOW PRESS / 1997"

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