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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1999.23
People
Sally Mann, American (Lexington, Virginia born 1951)
Title
Luncheon in the Grasses
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1991
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/190522

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
sheet: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, ink, in artist's hand: Dear Davis,
    Thinking of you & hoping the cool air is invigorating-
    I spend my days printing & printing & printing-I feel as though I
    have entered a long tunnel. The light at the end is not even visible.
    Opposite, a failure but intriguing: a cross between the Mona Lisa &
    Luncheon on the Grass

    -S-

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Herbert and Patricia Pratt, Cambridge, MA, bequethed from Davis Pratt, 1991, gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1999. 11 Brown Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Davis Pratt, Cambridge, MA, from the artist via mail, 1991, bequethed to Herbert and Patricia Pratt, 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Herbert and Patricia Pratt in honor of Deborah Martin Kao
Copyright
© Sally Mann
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
P1999.23
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • HAA178m Cold War Photography (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012

Verification Level

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