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The Masks Grow to Us
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The Masks Grow to Us

Artist Clarence John Laughlin (American, 1905 - 1985)
DateOctober 13, 1947; printed 1976
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches (32.69 x 26.37 cm)
Mount: 17 x 14 inches (43.18 x 35.56 cm)
Mat: 22 x 18 inches (55.88 x 45.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1692
InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Front of Mount
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Clarence John Laughlin
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Clarence John Laughlin
1946
2005.27.1656
Leda in the Shadows
Clarence John Laughlin
1940
2005.27.1657
The Auto-Eroticists
Clarence John Laughlin
1941
2005.27.1658
The House of the Lost( The Melieu of Loss)
Clarence John Laughlin
1940; printed 1981
2005.27.1672
Plantation Boy
Clarence John Laughlin
September 10, 1951; printed 1972
2005.27.1673
Breathing Marble
Clarence John Laughlin
1962; printed 1979
2005.27.1674
Spectre of Ruin #2
Clarence John Laughlin
June 28, 1941; printed 1973
2005.27.1675
A Vision of Dead Desire
Clarence John Laughlin
1954; printed 1981
2005.27.1689
Victorian Venus
Clarence John Laughlin
1954
2005.27.1690
The Trap of Desire
Clarence John Laughlin
October 6, 1940; printed 1976
2005.27.1691
The Unborn
Clarence John Laughlin
June 28, 1941
2005.27.4544