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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.756
People
Andreas Feininger, American (Paris 1906 - 1999 New York City)
Title
Wolf Spider Eating a Grasshopper
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1951
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/158686

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 26.2 x 34 cm (10 5/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, upper edge, in black ink: Photograph by
    Andreas Feininger
  • stamp: verso, right of center, in black ink: Apr 30 1951
    LIFE PHOTO
    by
    Andreas Feininger
  • inscription: verso, below center, in graphite: Wolf spider eating a grass hopper
    [illegible]
    1951

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.756
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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