The Getty Tomb, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, 1890

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John Szarkowski
American, 1925–2007

The Getty Tomb, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, 1890, 1954/56

Gelatin silver print
23.9 x 19.5 cm (image/paper); 45.9 x 36.2 cm (mount)
Inscribed recto, on mount, upper center, in graphite: "see over"; recto, on mount, left center to left of image, in graphite: "9 1/4" [arrows pointing in opposite directions up and down on either side next to image]; recto, on mount, lower center, below image, in graphite: "7 9/16" [arrows pointing in opposite directions side to side on either side below image]; recto, on mount, lower left, below image, in graphite: "74 [encircled] see over"; recto, on mount, below image, in graphite: "115 / 68-133 [encircled]"; stamped recto, on mount, below image, lower right, in red ink: "57078"; inscribed verso, on mount, upper right, in graphite: "SZ.190 / page 133"; verso, on mount, right center, in graphite: "see over"; verso, on mount, lower left, in graphite: "4 11/16" [arrows on either side opposite directions up and down]; verso, on mount, lower center, in graphite: "5 7/8" [arrows on both sides pointing in opposite directions side to side]; verso, on mount, lower left, in graphite: "75 [encircled] / see over"; verso, on mount, lower right, in graphite: "116 / 69-134 [encirlced]"; stamped verso, on mount, lower right, in red ink: "57078"
The Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund, 2001.445

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, "Looking after Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragments," June 19–December 12, 2010. (Elizabeth Siegel and Allison Fisher)