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The Disastrous Gate

Artist Clarence John Laughlin (American, 1905 - 1985)
Date1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (34.29 x 26.67 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1703
InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Front of Mount Label Recto, LL Typewritten
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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print of a black child standing in front of the gate to an old building. Signature on front of mount. Typewritten label on front of mount.
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Clarence John Laughlin
1961
2005.27.1708
Three Vistas Through One Wall
Clarence John Laughlin
May 8, 1937; printed 1946
2005.27.1761
Farewell to the Past #3
Clarence John Laughlin
1940; printed 1982
2005.27.1679
Time Phantasm
Clarence John Laughlin
August 10, 1941; printed later
2005.27.1688
The Web of Sentiment
Clarence John Laughlin
1953
2005.27.1671
Elegy For the Old South, #6.
Clarence John Laughlin
1946
2005.27.1651
The House of the Lost( The Melieu of Loss)
Clarence John Laughlin
1940; printed 1981
2005.27.1672
Fire Phantom ("Apparition of Disaster, No. 1")
Clarence John Laughlin
1952; printed 1981
2005.27.1684
The Portent in the Shadow
Clarence John Laughlin
1954
2005.27.1757
The Language of Light
Clarence John Laughlin
1952
2005.27.1650
A Multinational Group of Vaults (Unlike Rectangles).
Clarence John Laughlin
November 14, 1937; printed later
2005.27.1676