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Design in Steel (Primary Title)

Alton D. Brashear, American, 1906 - 1963 (Artist)

ca.1953
American
Works On Paper
Gelatin silver print
Photography
Mount: 20 × 15 13/16 in. (50.8 × 40.16 cm)
Image: 19 1/2 × 15 7/16 in. (49.53 × 39.21 cm)
54.23
Not on view
Signed by the photographer in graphite below image right on mount: " Alton D. Brashear".
Artist address label typed and stamped in black ink on brown paper, with graphite inscriptions when noted with single quotations, affixed to upper right corner mount verso: "[typed] Title: ' Design in Steel' / [stamped] Dr. Alton D. Brashear/ Box 906 / Medical College Station/ Richmond 19, Virginia." Virginia Photographic Salon Exhibition Label typed on yellow paper, with black ink inscriptions when noted with single quotations and black ink artist stamp within when noted with asterisks, affixed to upper right corner mount verso: " 1 Label / Name *Dr. Alton D. Brashear* / (Last) (First) (Middle) / Address *Box 906 / Medical College Station/ Richmond 19, Virginia* / Title 'Design in Steel' / Insurance Valuation '$10.00' / 18th Virginia Photographic Salon/ Glue to back of entry in upper left corner. "
Titled by the photographer in graphite below image left on mount: “Design in Steel”. Erroneous numbers inscribed on mount verso, see Handling Notes > Condition Notes for details.
Gift of the Richmond Camera Club
VM Trav. Exh. #15, "18th Virginia Photographic Salon," 1954-1956.
©artist or artist’s estate

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