Composition Derived from Levy's Chess Set and Landscape by Muriel Streeter

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Julien Levy

Title

Composition Derived from Levy's Chess Set and Landscape by Muriel Streeter

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1944–1950

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, along right edge, sideways, in blue ink, graphite and black ink: "Chess set designed by Julien Levy, [blue ink/crossed out] / landscape by Dorothia Thung. [blue ink/crossed out in graphite] / Muriel Streeter [graphite] / [w/ Ernst photo / chess set] / composition derived from J. L.'s chess set and [blue ink] / 47 [black ink/encircled/written over illegible number in blue ink] / photo / Julien Levy [blue ink]"

Dimensions

Image/paper: 13.7 × 23.9 cm (5 7/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Patricia and Frank Kolodny in memory of Julien Levy

Reference Number

1990.565.11

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