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Signed recto, on image, lower right, in white ink: "Umbo"; inscribed recto, on mount, lower center, in graphite: "2" [encircled]; recto, on mount, lower left, in graphite: "UMBO"; recto, on mount, lower right, in graphite: "$20-"; inscribed verso, on mount, upper right, upside-down, in graphite: "J"; stamped verso, on mount, upper left, in black ink: "JULIEN LEVY GALLERY / 602 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK CITY"; inscribed verso, on mount, upper left, in graphite: "INV #15" [in rectangle]; verso, on mount, lower left, in graphite: "PARRY" [crossed out]; verso, on mount, lower right, in graphite: "$15-" [crossed out]
Travis, David. 1976. “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget.” Exh. cat. p. 91, cat. 133.
Molderings, Herbert. 2008. “Die Geburt der moderne Fotografie.” Philo Fine Arts. p. 420.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget,” December 11, 1976–February 20, 1977; traveled to the International Center of Photography, New York, April 21-May 29, 1977; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 4-December 18 1977; Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 13-Ferbruary 26, 1978; Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, March 16-April 30, 1978; and Cincinnati Art Museum, November 17-December 24, 1978. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Sights Unseen: Photographs from the Permanent Collection,” October 16-March 13, 1994.
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Other Side of Light: Shadows from the Photography Collection” December 1, 2007–February 24, 2008. (Newell G Smith)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photography on Display: Modern Treasures,” May 9–September 13, 2009.
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