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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.1571
People
Marion Post Wolcott, American (Montclair, New Jersey 1910 - 1990 Santa Barbara, California)
Title
Advertisement on side of drugstore, Wendell, N.C.
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1939, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, North Carolina, Wendell
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/155452

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Selenium toned gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.6 x 30.5 cm (8 7/8 x 12 in.)
sheet: 28.9 x 35.5 cm (11 3/8 x 14 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: yes: verso, b.r. in graphite: Marion Post Wolcott
  • inscription: verso, top, graphite, in artist's hand: Advertisement on side of drugstore, Wendell, N.C.
    Archivally processed ca. 1982
    Selenium toned by MPW
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: L. of C. 52631-D
  • inscription: yes, verso, bottom right, graphite, signed, in artist's hand: Marion Post Wolcott
  • inscription: verso of old mat, U.L. corner, graphite: 1987-42

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.1571
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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