John Gutmann
Waiting, Mobile, Alabama

Waiting, Mobile, Alabama

© 1998 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents

Waiting, Mobile, Alabama
Waiting, Mobile, Alabama
ArtistAmerican, born Germany, 1905–1998
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Waiting, Mobile, Alabama
Date1937
Place depictedMobile, Alabama, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/4 × 9 in. (19.7 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 9 in. (19.7 × 22.9 cm)
Mount: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Marion Mundy
Object number2007.1297
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Janet Sirmon Fine Art, Los Angeles]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in graphite on verso lower left: "Waiting, 1937 / (NEGROES IN) MOBILE, ALABAMA"

Marked in graphite on verso lower left and upper left: "1,9"
Signed in graphite on verso lower right: "John Gutmann / 1937"

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