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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1973.28
People
George Krause, American (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania born 1937)
Title
Qui Riposa Series
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1962
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285339

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sight: 15.7 x 11.5 cm (6 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: George Krause
  • inscription: inscribed in graphite on verso of the mount: George Krause

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
George Krause, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1973.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, National Endowment for the Arts Grant
Accession Year
1973
Object Number
P1973.28
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
"I began this series in 1957 with the idea that I had five years left to live. My mother told me that I was just like my father and that in all likelihood, like him I would be dead at the age of twenty-five." George Krause

Verification Level

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