Carl Mydans
Pengpu

Pengpu

© Carl Mydans / Time and Life Pictures / Getty Images

Pengpu
Pengpu
ArtistAmerican, 1907–2004
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pengpu
Date1948
PlacePengpu, China
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 8 15/16 × 13 3/8 in. (22.7 × 34 cm)
Credit LineBequest of the artist
Object number2005.1173
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceEstate of Carl Mydans, Mamaroneck, New York; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso: "25275/CG-31 (1st line crossed out), "69-CH240"

Marked in ink on verso: "#28 (crossed out) / #28275/C-6/31"

Marked in ink on verso center: "Pengpu / 1948"
Initialed (?) in pencil on verso
Stamped in ink on verso center:
"PHOTO BY / CARL MYDANS" (in a rectangle)

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