Deaf Mute, New York, N.Y.

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Artist Louis Faurer (American, 1916–2001)American, 1916–2001

CultureAmerican

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Deaf Mute, New York, N.Y.

Date1950, printed 1979

Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 11 1/2 × 8 1/8 in. (29.2 × 20.6 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 3/8 in. (35.6 × 26.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern in memory of Elizabeth Daily Cohen

Object number2014.1117

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Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by Joan Morgenstern, Houston, October 31, 1990; given to MFAH, 2014.
Published References Anne Wilkes Tucker, with Lisa Hostetler. "Louis Faurer". London: Merrell Publications/ Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 2002. P 147 "Louis Faurer", text by Jean Claude Lemagny. Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale, 1990 "Louis Faurer: Photographs from Philadelphia and New York". Edited by Edith A. Tonelli and John Gossage. Curated by Louis Faurer and Walter Hopps. College Park, Maryland: University of Maryland Art Gallery, 1981 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in ink lower right in the image: 1950
Inscribed on verso center: Deaf Mutes (pencil) / New York City 1950 (ink)
Inscribed in pencil on verso lower left in a red rectangle: L,L9.107, lower right: 041... illegible
Inscribed in pencil on verso mat: PF-6754

Signed twice on verso center, pencil and ink: © 1979 Faurer
Signed in ink lower left in the image: Louis Faurer

Printed label on verso mat/mount: FAURER, LOUIS / Deaf Mutes, NYC, 1950 / 11 1/2 x 8inches / Signed, titled and dated in pencil and ink on verso, signed in ink on recto.

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