Will Michels
Crux Crucis

Crux Crucis

© Will Michels

Crux Crucis
Crux Crucis
ArtistAmerican, born 1968
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Crux Crucis
Date2006, printed 2009
MediumSalted paper print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 × 4 7/8 in. (16.5 × 12.4 cm)
 Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist in honor of the birth of his nephew, Alexander Ray Namerow
Object number2009.1640
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Houston; given to MFAH, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso center:
"(signature) / 2006/2009 / 1/10 AD / SALTED PAPER PHOTOGRAPH / CRUX CRUCIS"

Additional artists's processing notes marked in pencil on verso lower edge.

Signed in pencil on verso center; "Will Michels"
Stamped twice on verso sheet: "THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY / NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT / THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF / THE PHOTOGRAPHER."

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Gelatin silver print
2004.1443
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