The Getty Tomb, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, 1890

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

John Szarkowski

Title

The Getty Tomb, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, 1890

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1954–1956

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, on mount, left center to left of image, in graphite: "9 1/4" [arrows on either side pointing in opposite directions up and down]; recto, on mount, lower center, below image, in graphite: "7 1/4" [arrows on either side pointing in opposite directions side to side]"; recto, on mount, lower left, below image, in graphite: "71 [encircled]"; recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in graphite: "112 / 65-129 [encircled]"; stamped recto, lower right, below image, in red ink: "57078"; inscribed verso, on mount, upper left, in graphite: "129 [underlined]"; verso, on mount, upper right, in graphite: "SZ.183 / page 124"

Dimensions

Image/paper: 23.8 × 18.7 cm (9 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Mount: 45.8 × 36.2 cm (18 1/16 × 14 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2001.446

Extended information about this artwork

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