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Head of White-faced Hornet

Andreas Feininger

Head of White-faced Hornet

1949

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Andreas Feininger

Head of White-faced Hornet

1949

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 276 x 354 mm. (27.6 x 35.4 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of the Artist
Object Number 1978.14.8
Gift of the artist.

Inscribed: upper left verso in graphite: "FON"; center in graphite: "TOP"; stamped: "PHOTOGRAPH BY / ANDREAS FEININGER", stamped and in graphite: "LIFE PHOTO BY / ANDREAS FEININGER, in graphite: "White heaired (?) / Hornet 146"; lower center stamped: "PHOTOGRAPHY BY / ANDREAS FEININGER", in graphite: "neg. AF-45-N1-50/4"; lower left in graphite: "Andreas Feininger"; lower right in green ink: "32"

Artist

Andreas Feininger

1905–1998

American, born France, 1906-1999
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