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Bat Window (CX 24), West End, Boston, 1958
Bat Window (CX 24), West End, Boston, 1958

Bat Window (CX 24), West End, Boston, 1958

Artist Carl Chiarenza (American, born 1935)
Date1958
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 15/16 x 9 7/8 inches (32.86 x 25.08 cm)
Sheet: 12 15/16 x 9 7/8 inches (32.86 x 25.08 cm)
Mount: 20 1/16 x 17 1/16 inches (50.96 x 43.34 cm)
Mat: 20 1/16 x 17 1/16 inches (50.96 x 43.34 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peggy and William Lyons
Object number2013.7.2
SignedSigned on front of window mat, lower left, in pencil "Bat Window, 1958 CARL CHIARENZA"
InscribedWritten on front of mount, lower left, in pencil "Bat Window (cx24) 1958 West End, Boston vintage cc ©1958 CARL CHIARENZA chiarenza 1958"; on back of mat, top left corner, in pencil "cx24 - 11x14"; on back of mat, bottom left corner, in pencil "A105 / LK / Box 1950s #04"; on back of mat, center, in pencil "Bat Window (cx24) 1958 / West End Boston / ©1958 CARL CHIARENZA / vintage print cc"
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DescriptionImage of a broken window where the missing glass resembles a bat with wings outstretched.
Copyright© Carl Chiarenza
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