Steve Arnold
Mechanical Theater of Mysteries

cropped recto of sheet
Mechanical Theater of Mysteries
cropped recto of sheet
ArtistAmerican, 1943–1994
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Mechanical Theater of Mysteries
Date1993
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 × 14 1/16
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 1/16 in. (50.5 × 40.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.582
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist, Los Angeles.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Steven Arnold Studio on 8//2/1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso lower left and center in pencil " Aug 2 1993, Artists proof, ' Mechanical Theater of Mysteries ' "
verso lower right in pencil

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