Herbert Bayer
Fotoplastic

Fotoplastic

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Fotoplastic
Fotoplastic
ArtistAmerican, born Austria, 1900–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Fotoplastic
  • Bones with Sea
Date1937, printed before mid-1950s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 9/16 × 1 9/16 in. (9 × 3.9 cm)
Sheet: 4 × 4 15/16 in. (10.2 × 12.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.378.3
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
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 .c sheet typed in black ink on white and red adhesive label, along top edge:
1936/1-bones with sea

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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