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Barber Chair, Eastern State Penitentiary

Barber Chair, Eastern State Penitentiary
Barber Chair, Eastern State Penitentiary
ArtistAmerican, born 1953
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Barber Chair, Eastern State Penitentiary
Date1997
Place depictedPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/16 × 7 1/16 in. (23.7 × 17.9 cm)
 Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern
Object number2006.1252
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Light Work, Syracuse, New York]; purchased by Joan Morgenstern, Houston, 2001; given to MFAH, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso lower edge, left to right: Barber Chair, Eastern State Penitentiary.
Marked in pencil on verso lower center: Margaret Stratton 1997

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