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Feb 13, 2021
Gelatin silver print, mounted
Artist's initials and date written in pencil on mount, artist's name, title, date, and numeric inscriptions written in pencil on mount verso, Eindhoven stamp on mount on verso, image date 1930, likely printed in the 1940s
print 7 7/16" x 9 5/16" Mount 13" x 16" Framed
Provenance: Received directly from artist in 1956, Collection of Nicholas Dean, Edgecomb, Maine
Exhibitions: Possibly Internationale Foto-Tentoonstelling van Forographie, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands,1950; Fotographie als Uitdrukkingsmiddel: Internationale Fotoentoonstelling, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 952 (A letter dated October 1949 exists from the Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum inviting the artist to submit work to the 1950 exhibition, and a listing of works for the 1952 exhibition denotes "Pepper" as one of the items submitted by artist, so the existence of the Einhoven stamp on verso of the mount indicates that the photograph was in at least one, if not both, of the exhibitions).Literature: Cover of the International Foto-Tentoonstelling vak Fotogtafie 1950 exhibition catalog, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsOther Notes: Also included with this item are copies and contents of the correspondence between the artist and Mr. Dean concerning the purchase of this photograph from the artist for $25. The original letters, with envelopes and postmarks, are being donated to the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona. We would like to thank Paul Messier, conservator of photographs and works on paper, for his diligent work and research regarding this photograph
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