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Back porches of a series of identical houses, Bound Brook, NJ
Back porches of a series of identical houses, Bound Brook, NJ

Back porches of a series of identical houses, Bound Brook, NJ

Artist Carl Mydans (American, 1907 - 2004)
Dateca. 1936
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/16 × 9 1/2 inches (17.94 × 24.13 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 9 15/16 inches (20.48 × 25.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.202
SignedArtist’s stamp on sheet verso, upper left, in black ink: “PLEASE CREDTI / F.S.A. / FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION / PHOTO BY: MYDANS”.
InscribedTitled on sheet verso, bottom, typed in black ink: “Back porches of a series of identical houses. Bound Brook, N.J.”
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “PF31834”; On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “RA1195D”; Stamp on sheet verso, lower left, in black ink: “PLEASE NOTE: / Kindly Return Unused Photos / to the Division of Information, Farm Security Administration, / Washington, D.C.”
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DescriptionImage of a long narrow porch evenly divided with wooden posts and railings; out front snow has been plowed up to the curb and cars are parallel parked.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© The Estate of Carl Mydans
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