P1997.55.1: Blue Guitar - Things are not what they are
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- P1997.55.1
- People
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Michael Silver, American (Brooklyn NY 1947 - 2003)
- Title
- Blue Guitar - Things are not what they are
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: The Gum Works
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- photograph
- Date
- 1989
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/272999
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Platinum prints on gum wrappers
- Technique
- Platinum print
- Dimensions
- 9.2 x 4.3 cm (3 5/8 x 1 11/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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inscription: recto, upper left to upper right, black ink, in artist's hand: Blue Guitar 89
Michael Silver [signed] - inscription: gum wrapper, top panel, upper left, black ink, in artist's hand: 1-1
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inscription: gum wrapper, central panel, upper left to lower right, black ink, in artist's hand: BLUE GuitAR - Things ARE Not
what they
ARE
M. Silver [signed]
THE GUM WORKS
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inscription: recto, upper left to upper right, black ink, in artist's hand: Blue Guitar 89
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Catherine Shaddix in honor of Davis Pratt
- Accession Year
- 1997
- Object Number
- P1997.55.1
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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