The Moss Weeps #1
Artist
Clarence John Laughlin
(American, 1905 - 1985)
DateDecember 27, 1946
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 5/8 inches (24.61 × 19.37 cm)
Mount: 10 × 7 15/16 inches (25.4 × 20.16 cm)
Mount: 10 × 7 15/16 inches (25.4 × 20.16 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1751
SignedOn mount verso, upper left, black stamp: "Photograph by Clarence John Laughlin / © The HIstoric New Orleans Collection"
InscribedOn mount verso, bottom, in blue pen: "The moss weeps (#1)".
MarkingsOn mount verso, top, in blue pen: "Plate 97";
On mount verso, upper right corner, in blue pen: "4445 / S / #1 / Where are / other 2 Prints? / #4445 / BH278 / 12/27/46 / #1 / L 1/61 / Plate 97";
On mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "CJL #115e-0810 / rms #l8710.054.c";
On mount verso, lower right, in black pen: "Neg #444 [cut off]";
On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "L / 1/61".
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DescriptionImage of branch covered in moss hanging over fragments of a large column. Architectural ruins in the background.Copyright© The Historic New Orleans Collection
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Clarence John Laughlin
1964; printed 1979
2005.27.1698