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The Gargoyle

Artist Fred R. Archer (American, 1889 - 1963)
Date1918
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 13/16 × 7 inches (22.38 × 17.78 cm)
Mount: 18 × 14 inches (45.72 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.661
SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "Fred R. Archer"; On image recto, lower right corner, in red pen: "F. Archer / FRANCE 1918"
InscribedOn mount recto, lower left, in pencil: "The Gargoyle"
MarkingsAttached to corner of mount, lower right, paper corner with black stamp: "26"; On mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "26"
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of a gargoyle fixed on a building, overlooking city (aerial view).
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Mask [var. 2]
Fred R. Archer
ca. 1917-1928
2005.27.662
Mask [var. 3]
Fred R. Archer
ca. 1917-1928
2005.27.663
Mask [var. 4]
Fred R. Archer
ca. 1917-1928
2005.27.664
Invocation
Fred R. Archer
ca. 1917-1928
2005.27.665
Reflection of a Concave Mirror
Fred R. Archer
1924
2005.37.135
Mask
Fred R. Archer
ca. 1928
2005.27.3873
The Gargoyle's Visit
Nancy Lehenbauer Marshall
2000
2024.9.87
Imagination, Fear, Madness
Fred R. Dapprich
ca. 1930
2005.27.2619
The Studio
Fred P. Peel
ca. 1934
2005.27.2871
Men at Work, Pittsburgh
Charles K. Archer
ca. 1917
2005.27.3872
The Devil's Cauldron
Charles K. Archer
ca. 1921
2005.27.2530