Merida, Yu.
Artist
Ellen Auerbach
(American, born Germany, 1906 - 2004)
Artist
Eliot Porter
(American, 1901 - 1990)
Date1956
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage, sheet, mount: 7 1/4 × 10 3/16 inches (18.42 × 25.88 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Jack and Judy Stern
Object number2018.63.25
SignedArtist's stamp with signatures on mount verso, center, in black ink with pencil: "PHOTOGRAPH / BY / AUERBACH-PORTER / Eliot Porter / Ellen Auerbach"
InscribedOn mount verso, upper left, stamped in black ink with black pen and pencil: "PHOTOGRAPH / No. 24-16 or 17 / Title Merida Yu."
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "204-PA121";
On mount verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "rmg17178";
On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "71" [circled].
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DescriptionImage of people (a man, women, and children) standing behind and kneeling near a shrine surrounded with flowers. There is a large stone column along the right edge.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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