P2000.136: Camera Obscura Image of Memorial Hall, Harvard University

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P2000.136

People

Abelardo Morell, American (Havana, Cuba born 1948)

Title

Camera Obscura Image of Memorial Hall, Harvard University

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1999

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/192570

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 45.8 x 56.8 cm (18 1/16 x 22 3/8 in.)
sheet: 50.8 x 60.7 cm (20 x 23 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite, in artist's hand: ABELARDO MORELL
• inscription: verso, lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: GIFT to THE DEPARTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHS - FOGG ART MUSEUM 4/10/00
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite, in artist's hand: CAMERA OBSCRUA IMAGE OF MEMORIAL HALL, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, IN ROOM, 1999 1/30

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Abelardo Morell, Brookline, Massachusetts, gift to the Harvard University Art Museum, 2000.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the artist

Copyright

© Photograph by Abelardo Morell

Accession Year

2000

Object Number

P2000.136

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Exhibition History

• The Art of Looking, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2013 - 06/01/2013
• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/22/2022 - 05/08/2022

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