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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1999.21
People
Lee Friedlander, American (Aberdeen, Washington born 1934)
Title
The American Monument
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The American Monument, 1976
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
artist's book
Date
1976
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/190276

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Artist book with 213 photogravures, letterpress text, and 1 gelatin silver print
Technique
Photogravure
Dimensions
4.5 x 43 x 29.8 cm (1 3/4 x 16 15/16 x 11 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gus Kayafas, Concord, MA, sold to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1999. Palm Press, 55 Arrowhead Road, Concord, MA 01742

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
Special edition, 57/150

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs
Copyright
© Lee Friedlander
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
P1999.21
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Photographs, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/29/2000 - 07/23/2000
  • HAA178m Cold War Photography (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012

Verification Level

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