Design
Artist
Ira Wright Martin
(American, 1886 - 1960)
Dateca. 1921
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 7/16 × 4 5/8 inches (16.35 × 11.75 cm)
Mount: 16 11/16 × 12 13/16 inches (42.39 × 32.54 cm)
Mount: 16 11/16 × 12 13/16 inches (42.39 × 32.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.174
SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: “Ira W. Martin”;
Signed on mount verso, center, in pencil: “Ira Martin new York”.
InscribedTitled on mount verso, center, in pencil: "“Design” / [? Possibly initials]"
MarkingsOn mount recto, lower left corner, in pencil: “93”;
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “PF56433”, “RWFA8102”;
On mount verso, center, exhibition stamp in black ink with pencil: “EXHIBITION OF THE / PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF AMERICA / ART CENTER OPENING NEW YORK CITY / NOVEMBER 1921 NO 93”.
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DescriptionAbstract image composed of overlapping forms with smooth edges in various shades of black and white.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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