Matatlan, Palm with Donkey
Artist
Ellen Auerbach
(American, born Germany, 1906 - 2004)
Artist
Eliot Porter
(American, 1901 - 1990)
Date1956
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage, sheet, mount: 10 1/2 × 7 3/16 inches (26.67 × 18.26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Jack and Judy Stern
Object number2018.63.21
SignedArtist's stamp and signatures on mount verso, center, in black ink with black pen: "PHOTOGRAPH / BY / AUERBACH-PORTER"
InscribedArtist's stamp on mount verso, upper left, in black ink with black pen: "39-34 / PHOTOGRAPH / By / ELIOT PORTER / No. 39-34 / Title: Matatlan";
On mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "Palm with donkey".
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "066-PA038";
On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "rmg17131"
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DescriptionImage of a carved figure in profile riding a donkey and wearing a red robe. He holds a cross made of palm branches in his right hand.ProvenanceDr. Jack and Judy Stern, Rye, NY;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Copyright© 1990 Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
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