Artist
Louis Faurer (American, 1916–2001)American, 1916–2001
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Self-Portrait, 42nd Street El Station looking towards “Tudor City”
Date1946
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 × 7 7/16 in. (16.8 × 18.9 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 9 3/16 in. (19.7 × 23.3 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 9 3/16 in. (19.7 × 23.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern
Object number2017.409
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Exhibition History"Louis Faurer," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January - April, 2002.
"Self, Model, and Self as Other," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,13 July – 29 September, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink, verso, center: "El" N.Y.C. // 53 & 3RD // Avil [?] 1946 // Louis Faurer [signed]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right edge: HGX
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right corner: 032
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right edge: HGX
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right corner: 032
Signed in black ink, verso, center: Louis Faurer
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