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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.759
People
Andreas Feininger, American (Paris 1906 - 1999 New York City)
Title
Wing of a Common Housefly
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1950
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/158757

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24.8 x 34.5 cm (9 3/4 x 13 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, center, in black ink [three stamps]: [rotated 90* CW]
    Andreas Feininger
    365 West 20th Street
    New York 11 N.Y.

    [rotated 90* CCW]
    Photograph by
    Andreas Feininger

    [rotated 90* CCW]
    Foto: Andreas
    Feininger

  • inscription: verso, right of center, in graphite: Wing of a common
    house fly

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.759
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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