Chamula
Artist
Ellen Auerbach
(American, born Germany, 1906 - 2004)
Artist
Eliot Porter
(American, 1901 - 1990)
Date1956
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage: 10 3/8 × 7 7/16 inches (26.37 × 18.85 cm)
Sheet: 11 3/16 × 8 5/16 inches (28.42 × 21.11 cm)
Sheet: 11 3/16 × 8 5/16 inches (28.42 × 21.11 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Jack and Judy Stern
Object number2018.63.19
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink: "PHOTOGRAPH / BY / AUERBACH-PORTER"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Chamula / 34-9"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "17 6-PA104";
On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "rmg17110";
On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "116" [circled].
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DescriptionImage of white facade with massive arched doorway surrounded by decorative tiles along the perimeter. A figure stands near the open door lower left and there is a blue wooden cross in the foreground.ProvenanceDr. Jack and Judy Stern, 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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