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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1981.14.2
People
Henry Holmes Smith, American (Bloomington, Ill., USA 1909 - 1986 San Rafael, Calif., USA)
Title
Mother and Son
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Portfolio II (1972)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1951, printed later?
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/281034

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 32.8 x 22.7 cm (12 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
mount: 50.7 x 40.7 cm (19 15/16 x 16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Henry Holmes Smith
  • inscription: recto of the mount, lower left, graphite, in artist's hand: Mother and Son 1951
  • inscription: recto of the mount, lower right, graphite, in artist's hand: Henry Holmes Smith

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Russel Anderson, Carmel, California, from the artist?, gift to the Fogg Art Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Russ Anderson
Copyright
© Smith Family Trust
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
P1981.14.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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