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Eggs Encircled
Object Details
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Date
1948, printed after 1948
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Object Type
Photographs
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Medium
Gelatin silver print
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Dimensions
Image: 13 7/16 x 10 1/2 in.
Sheet: 13 11/16 x 10 3/4 in.
Mount: 20 1/16 x 16 1/16 in. -
Inscriptions
Overmat Recto:
l.l. titled in graphite: Eggs Encircled
l.r. signed in graphite: Carlotta M. Corpron
Mount Verso:
u.l. in graphite: A.C. catalogue no. 37
u.r. in graphite: modern print $1000
l.c. [typed on dealer's label]: CARLOTTA M. CORPRON \ Eggs Encircled
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the Dorothea Leonhardt Fund of the Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc.
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Accession Number
P1985.2.15
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Copyright
© 1988 Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Additional details
Location: Off view
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