Dispensary Just Outside Calcutta, Mother Theresa's Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, India

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2011.377
People: Mary Ellen Mark, American (Philadelphia, PA 1940-2015)
Title: Dispensary Just Outside Calcutta, Mother Theresa's Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, India
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1981
Places: Creation Place: South Asia, India
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/337902

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

32.2 x 48 cm (12 11/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
frame: 51.3 x 66.4 cm (20 3/16 x 26 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

label: Verso, b.l.: Drummond Framing, NY
label: Verso, b.r.: plexiglass and UV filtering
inscription: On verso, in graphite: Calcutta - 1981 - Mary Ellen Mark

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mary Ellen Mark, 1981, to; [Gary Schneider and John Erdman, New York] (1981-2011), gift/sale; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011. Note: Printed in collaboration with the artist or the artist's estate and retained by Schneider/Erdman per agreement.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Schneider/Erdman Printer's Proof Collection, partial gift, and partial purchase through the Margaret Fisher Fund
Accession Year: 2011
Object Number: 2011.377
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

Analog Culture

Verification Level

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