Keld Helmer-Peterson
Fire Escape, Chicago

Fire Escape, Chicago
ArtistDanish, 1920– 2013
CultureDanish
Titles
  • Fire Escape, Chicago
Date1951
PlaceChicago, Illinois, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 8 × 5 1/4 in. (20.3 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Margaret C. and Louis Skidmore, Jr. in honor of Geoffrey B. Cooke
Object number85.144
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Kicken Berlin, Berlin]; purchased by MFAH, 1985.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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