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Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: "GP-49-5,1"; verso, upper right, in graphite: "v"; verso, lower left, in graphite: "B.R / "THAT INWARD EYE" / FOR GERRIE 1949 / 1949"; inscribed and signed verso, lower right, in graphite: "Original I V. / John Gutmann /
J.G. 49"
Dimensions
23.0 × 19.5 cm (image); 23.7 × 20.2 (paper)
Credit Line
The Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund
Reference Number
1991.64
Extended information about this artwork
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, “Watkins to Weston: 101 Years of California Photography,” February 29–May 31, 1992; traveled to Sacramento, California, Crocker Art Museum, June 16–August 14, 1992; and Laguna Art Museum, January 15, 1993–March 1993.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Crossing the Line: Photography Reconsidered,” January 29–June 4, 2000. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “A Mind at Play,” June 14–September 7, 2008. (David Travis)
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