Howard Crawford Jr. Writing a Letter Home, Korea
Artist
Dave Heath
(Canadian, born United States, 1931 - 2016)
Date1953-1954
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 3/4 inches (16.67 × 24.77 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Mat (handling): 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Mat (handling): 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2005.37.139
SignedSigned on mount verso, bottom center, below inscription, in pencil: "Dave Heath".
InscribedInscribed on mount verso, bottom center, in pencil: "Howard writing a letter home Korea 1953/54"
MarkingsOn mount verso, top left corner, black stamp with pencil: "JUN 12 ENT'D / 218ES / JUL 3 64";
On mount verso, top center, in pencil: "LP 7.2";
On mount verso, top right corner, in pencil: "#3";
On mount verso, bottom edge, in pencil: "PF38142" , "HF.496.019.03"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print on original mount. Image of man writing letter by candlelight.ProvenanceHall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2001;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Dave Heath
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