Michael Kenna
Big Ben and Westminster Abbey

Big Ben and Westminster Abbey

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Big Ben and Westminster Abbey
Big Ben and Westminster Abbey
ArtistBritish, born 1953
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Big Ben and Westminster Abbey
Date1975
PlaceLondon, England
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/16 × 6 in. (23.7 × 15.2 cm)
Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern
Object number2011.991
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoan Morgenstern, Houston; given to MFAH, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil on verso mount, center: BIG BEN AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY, LONDON, ENGLAND
Inscribed in pencil, verso mount upper right: KENNMI 318
Inscribed in pencil on mount, lower left below image: 1/45
Signed in pencil on mount, lower right below image: Michael Kenna 1975
Signed on verso mount below stamp: Michael Kenna
Stamped on verso mount with additions in pencil, lower center:
Negative 1975 Print 1994 / © MICHAEL KENNA / This sepia toned silver gelatin photographic / print is # 1 in a limited edition. The total / number of prints in this edition will not / exceed 45 and 4 artist proofs. All prints / are made by Michael Kenna

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