Clarence John Laughlin
Shadow Trap

Shadow Trap

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Shadow Trap
Shadow Trap
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Shadow Trap
Date1965
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 × 7 15/16 in. (25.4 × 20.1 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 7 15/16 in. (25.4 × 20.2 cm)
Mount: 10 7/16 × 8 3/16 in. (26.5 × 20.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1511
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
lower left corner below image in ink " Shadow Trap - 1965 "
verso in ink " For Daniel Masder cordialement Clarence John Laughlin "
bottom right in pencil " H 16671, B+640. 5/12/66[illegible]
lower right corner below image in ink " Clarence John Laughlin "

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