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Woman and the Thistle (Primary Title)

Wynn Bullock, American, 1902 - 1975 (Artist)

1953, printed no later than 1966
American
Photographs
Works On Paper
Gelatin silver print
Photography
Mount: 14 × 17 in. (35.56 × 43.18 cm)
Image: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.05 × 24.13 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
66.61
Not on view
Typed text label with title and credit affixed to lower left corner of mount: " 'Woman and the Thistle' by Wynn Bullock". Typed text label with credit and title affixed to mount verso, with graphite inscriptions noted with single quotations: "Bullock, Wynn / 25) Woman and the Thistle ‘BX-1' " Reproduction copyright stamp in black ink on mount verso: "For reproduction only/ in connection with the project 'Photography in the Fine Arts'/ and for exhibition reviews". Handling instructions stamped in red ink [twice] on mount verso: "Plexiglas/ Do Not Tape / Should any damage occur to this / Photograph/ Notify Ivan Dmitri, Director/ Photography in the Fine Arts/ 230 Park Avenue, New York 17, New York / Do not touch or repair / either the picture or the frame / until instructions are received / Do Not Ship A Damaged / Photograph / To the Next Exhibition Point / Do Not Hang / In Direct Sunlight / Or Over / Heating Vent"
Inscribed in an unidentified hand in green ink on verso: "25".
Gift of Wynn Bullock
Bullock, Wynn."The Aperture History of Photography Series", (Millerton: Aperture, Inc., 1976), 87.

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