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

Artist Loomis Dean(American, 1917–2005)American, 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

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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