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Human U.S. Map Formation

Artist Morton & Co. (American)
Dateca. 1918
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet (irregular): 5 13/16 × 8 7/8 inches (14.76 × 22.54 cm)
Framed: 13 1/8 × 15 1/4 × 1 1/8 inches (33.34 × 38.74 × 2.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1974
SignedStamped on mount verso, center, in red ink: "THIS IS A COPYRIGHTED PHOTOGRAPH / A RELEASE IS NECESSARY TO REPRODUCE / OR PUBLISH. / COPYRIGHTED BY MORTON & CO. / 515 MARKET ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF."
InscribedTitled/Dated in negative, Stamp "Gordon L. Bennett Collection" Verso Ink Stamp Maker's ID Recto, LL printed in Copyright Recto, LL
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DescriptionAerial view of people arranged in the shape of the United States.Provenance
Purchased from Butterfield & Butterfield by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 2000;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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