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Cereus Giganteus, AZ

Artist Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882)
Date1871
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 10 3/4 x 8 inches (27.31 x 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3234
InscribedTitled "Cereus Giganteus, Arizona" and other notations. Front of Mount Printed
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionVintage albumen print on Wheeler Survey mount. Title and notations printed on front of mount.Exhibition History

Perpetual Mirage: The Desert West in American Photographic Books and Prints. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, June 27 - September 22, 1996, unnumbered, as Cereus Gigantus, Arizona.

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