Self-portrait, Columbus, Ohio
Artist
Walter A. Johnson
Date1972
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 5 × 4 inches (12.7 × 10.16 cm)
Framed: 10 × 8 × 2 inches (25.4 × 20.32 × 5.08 cm)
Framed: 10 × 8 × 2 inches (25.4 × 20.32 × 5.08 cm)
Credit LineGift of Donald Lokuta and Melissa Tomich
Object number2019.54.3
Signednone
InscribedOn backing board, bottom, in pencil: "WALTER A. JOHNSON "SELF-PORTRAIT / COLUMBUS, OHIO", 1972"
MarkingsStamped on backing board, lower right, in black ink: "Lakota / Collection";
Embossed on frame verso, bottom: ROCHESTER CAMERA CO. / POCO CAMERA / ROCHESTER, N.Y.".
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a nude man standing in profile against wall; there is an open window nearby. This half plate daguerreotype is housed in a black mat inside of a wooden frame.ProvenanceDonald Lokuta, Union, NJ;
Given by Donald Lokuta to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
Given by Donald Lokuta to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
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