Herbert Bayer
Spoon Sale

Spoon Sale

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Spoon Sale
Spoon Sale
ArtistAmerican, born Austria, 1900–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Spoon Sale
Date1936
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 11 1/16 in. (21.6 × 28.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 11 15/16 in. (23.5 × 30.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, the Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.633
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil across left side of lower edge verso: "'spoon sale' 1936 8 3/8 x 11" vintage"
Inscribed in pencil on lower left verso: "HB 21/29/84-9"
Inscribed along right side of lower edge recto: "[arrow pointing up] schürfe !!!/ [illegible]"
Possible signature on lower right corner verso: "bayer"

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