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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.1709
People
Joseph Woodson Whitesell, American (Libertyville, Indiana 1876 - 1958 New Orleans, Louisiana )
Title
Pappy Finally Agrees to Sign
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1952
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/157521

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 34.1 x 41.6 cm (13 7/16 x 16 3/8 in.)
mount: 40.5 x 50.5 cm (15 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: recto of mount, below b.r. corner of image, in graphite: Whitesell N.O.
  • inscription: recto of mount, below b.l. corner of image, in graphite: Pappy Finally Agrees To Sign
  • inscription: verso, upper left, in blue ink: Pappy Finally Agrees To Sign
    Wood Whitesell
    726 St. Peter Rd.
    New Orleans 16,
    Louisiana
  • label: [1952 Kodak camera club exh. sticker affixed to verso of mount]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.1709
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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