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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.340
People
Andreas Feininger, American (Paris 1906 - 1999 New York City)
Title
Edge of a Seashell (tonna melanostoma Jay)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1951
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/159347

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 27 x 34.5 cm (10 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, overall, graphite and red ink: various printer's marks indicating dimension, etc.
  • stamp: verso, center, black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY [over] ANDREAS FEININGER
  • stamp: verso, center, black ink: FOTO: ANDREAS [over] FEININGER
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: Edge of a sea shell [over] 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
2.2002.340
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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