Behind the 8th Night
Artist
James Kanan(American, born 1957)American, born 1957
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Behind the 8th Night
Date2005
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Frame: 17 1/4 × 14 3/16 × 1 1/8 in. (43.8 × 36 × 2.9 cm)
Frame: 17 1/4 × 14 3/16 × 1 1/8 in. (43.8 × 36 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne Wilkes Tucker and Clinton T. Willour in memory of Margery Kruegar
Object number2007.221
Not on view
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Titled on verso backboard in silver marker: "BEHIND THE 8TH NIGHT / © 2005"
Signature printed and in script on verso backboard in silver marker: "JIM KANAN / Jim Kanan"
Stamped on the mat above the image in black ink and circled: "3"
Stamped on the mat lower left below the image in black ink and circled separately: "J" "K" "A" "N" "A" "N"
Stamped on the mat, lower right below the image in black ink: "DEC 24 2005"
Stamped on the mat lower left below the image in black ink and circled separately: "J" "K" "A" "N" "A" "N"
Stamped on the mat, lower right below the image in black ink: "DEC 24 2005"
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