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Persian Cat ("The Beautiful Mimi")

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1927

Artist:

Umbo (Otto Umbehr)
German, 1902–1980

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Umbo (Otto Umbehr)

Title

Persian Cat ("The Beautiful Mimi")

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1927

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image/paper: 14.5 × 11.7 cm (5 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund; Wirt D. Walker Trust; Gladys N. Anderson, the Mary and Leigh Block Endowment, and Centennial Major Acquisitions Income funds; partial gift of Herbert and Barbara Molderings

Reference Number

2016.219

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