Human U.S. Map Formation
Artist
Morton & Co.
(American)
Dateca. 1918
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet (irregular): 5 13/16 × 8 7/8 inches (14.76 × 22.54 cm)
Framed: 13 1/8 × 15 1/4 × 1 1/8 inches (33.34 × 38.74 × 2.86 cm)
Framed: 13 1/8 × 15 1/4 × 1 1/8 inches (33.34 × 38.74 × 2.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1974
SignedStamped on mount verso, center, in red ink: "THIS IS A COPYRIGHTED PHOTOGRAPH / A RELEASE IS NECESSARY TO REPRODUCE / OR PUBLISH. / COPYRIGHTED BY MORTON & CO. / 515 MARKET ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF."
InscribedTitled/Dated in negative,
Stamp "Gordon L. Bennett Collection"
Verso Ink Stamp
Maker's ID Recto, LL
printed in Copyright Recto, LL
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionAerial view of people arranged in the shape of the United States.ProvenancePurchased from Butterfield & Butterfield by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 2000;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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