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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1997.60
People
Michael Silver, American (Brooklyn NY 1947 - 2003)
Title
John Cage - Escaping the Frame
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1989-1992
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/272984

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Platinum print on tissue paper
Technique
Platinum print
Dimensions
24.5 x 19.5 cm (9 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 38 x 30.8 cm (14 15/16 x 12 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto of sheet, lower left to tlower right, graphite, in artist's hand: "John Cage - Escaping the frame" Michael Silver '95 7/50PD
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite, in artist's hand: 96.0177

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arlette and Gus Kayafus, Concord, Massachusetts, gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1997.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafus
Accession Year
1997
Object Number
P1997.60
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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