Artist
Herbert Bayer (American, born Austria, 1900–1985)American, born Austria, 1900–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Fotoplastic
- Metamorphosis, Shortly Before Dawn
Date1935, printed before mid-1950s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 1/4 × 4 9/16 in. (8.3 × 11.6 cm)
Sheet: 4 × 5 in. (10.2 × 12.7 cm)
Sheet: 4 × 5 in. (10.2 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.378.2
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Tradition and the Unpredictable: The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Upper Jones and Wiess Galleries; January 16-March 27, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso of Image .b sheet, typed in black ink on white and red adhesive label, along
top edge: "1936/5- shortly before dawn"
Verso of mount stamped in black ink on blue adhesive label, LL corner: VDC
Verso of mount in pencil, UL corner: 1.80.356
Verso of mount in pencil, UR corner: Bayer
top edge: "1936/5- shortly before dawn"
Verso of mount stamped in black ink on blue adhesive label, LL corner: VDC
Verso of mount in pencil, UL corner: 1.80.356
Verso of mount in pencil, UR corner: Bayer
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