Ruth Thorne-Thomsen
Nepenthe

Nepenthe
Nepenthe
Nepenthe
ArtistAmerican, born 1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Nepenthe
  • from the series Views from the Shoreline
Date1986
PlaceColorado, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (12.1 × 9.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 7 1/16 in. (21.3 × 17.9 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern
Object number2007.1653
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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Benteler-Morgan Gallery, Houston]; purchased by Joan Morgenstern, Houston, October 22, 1991; given to MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom of sheet in pencil " ' View from the Shoreline ' Co. 1986 #7 / (signature) / River"
recto bottom edge of mount in pencil " RIVER 'Views From the Shore Line' / Co. 1986 #7"
verso lower left corner in pencil " R. Thorne-Thomsen "
verso of mount top vcenter a printed label with ink addition " JON OULMAN / 400 FIRST AVE. N / MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401 / Tel. (612) 333 2386 "
bottom center a label with ink inscription " Ruth Thorne-Thomsen / Series: Views from the Shoreline, / ' Nepenthe ' (River) / Colorado 1986 / Blk and white pinhole Photograph / Edition No. 7/25 / 5"x3 1/2" (image size) "

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