Loomis Dean
Private Elvis Presley playing for his buddies in barracks, Grafenwoehr, Germany

Private Elvis Presley playing for his buddies in barracks, Grafenwoehr, Germany

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Private Elvis Presley playing for his buddies in barracks, Grafenwoehr, Germany
Private Elvis Presley playing for his buddies in barracks, Grafenwoehr, Germany
ArtistAmerican, 1917–2005
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Private Elvis Presley playing for his buddies in barracks, Grafenwoehr, Germany
Date1958
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 9 in. (34.3 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 in. (34.3 × 22.9 cm)
Frame (outer): 20 3/8 × 16 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (51.8 × 41.7 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Harry Reasoner in honor of his wife, Macey Reasoner, at "One Great Night in November, 2007"
Object number2007.1318
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Sounds I See: Photographs of Musicians," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Foundation Gallery, September 20, 2008 - January 19, 2009.

"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Life/photographer credit stamp, Time Inc. copyright stamp, LIFE Picture Collection stamp on print verso.
Time Life inventory label affixed to print sleeve.

0075109

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