Cuilapan, Christ on Donkey
Artist
Ellen Auerbach
(American, born Germany, 1906 - 2004)
Artist
Eliot Porter
(American, 1901 - 1990)
Date1956
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage, sheet, mount: 10 3/8 × 7 1/8 inches (26.37 × 18.11 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Seth and Erin Neubardt
Object number2018.62.15
SignedArtist's stamp with signatures, on mount verso, center, in black ink with black and blue pen: "Eliot Porter / Ellen Auerbach"
InscribedOn mount verso, lower right, in blue pen: "AUERBACH-PORTER";
On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "Cuilapan, Christ on Donkey"
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "114-PA065";
On mount verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "rmg17054";
On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "171";
On mount verso, lower right corner, in black pen: "75 [crossed out] / 40-33"
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DescriptionImage of carved Christ-like figure riding on a donkey. The bearded man in dressed in a purple garment with a faded pink cape; he holds a pink ribbon which is tied around the donkey's mouth and neck.ProvenanceDr. Seth and Erin Neubardt, Rye, NY;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Copyright© 1990 Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
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