Saul Leiter
Kiss

Kiss
Kiss
Kiss
ArtistAmerican, 1923–2013
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Kiss
Date1952
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/4 × 13 in. (22.2 × 33 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 13 in. (22.2 × 33 cm)
Mount: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern in memory of Elizabeth Daily Cohen
Object number2014.1118
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by Joan Morgenstern, Houston, December 1992; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil on verso upper left: pop
Gallery inventory # inscribed in pencil on verso sheet, lower left and verso mat/mount: SLV- 115
Signed in pencil on verso upper right, upside-down: Saul Leiter
Printed labels on verso mat/mount:
HOWARD / GREENBERG / GALLERY / LEITER, Saul / Couple Kissing, c. 1951 / 9 x 13 inches / Vintage gelatin silver print / Signed on verso / SLV-115 /// 120 WOOSTER STREET NEW YORK 10012 TEL 212 334...
LEITER, SAUL / [Couple kissing], circa 1951 / 9 x 13 inches / Signed in pencil on the verso

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