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A black and white photograph of a brick wall with three openings.

The black and white photograph shows a brick wall with an opening in the upper left corner, a long rectangular opening in the center and a rounded opening in the middle of the right side. Through an opening in the upper left wall the side of a structure that is a series of raised vertical supports and thick horizontal cross pieces. The center opening shows a side of a structure that is a series of squared off sections that rises half-way up the opening. The rounded opening shows two buildings in the distance.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.853
People
Clarence J. Laughlin, American (Lake Charles, Louisiana 1905 - 1985 New Orleans, Louisiana)
Title
Three Vistas Through One Wall
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Prints of C. J. Laughlin, 1948 (No. 3 of 13)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1948
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/154955

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 26.2 x 34.9 cm (10 5/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
mount: 35.5 x 45.8 cm (14 x 18 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: recto of mount, below b.r. corner of image, in black ink: Clarence John Laughlin
  • inscription: recto of mount, below b.l. corner of image, in black ink: "Three Vistas through One Wall"
  • stamp: verso, in black ink, numeral added by hand: Print No. 3 [over] Photograph Copyrighted by [over] C.J. Laughlin [over] All Reproduction Rights Reserved

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.853
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1110 Mid-Century Abstraction II (Post-Painterly Abstraction), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/04/2018 - 04/09/2019

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