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Two Students of Spelman College. First College for Black Women, Atlanta

John Gutmann

Two Students of Spelman College. First College for Black Women, Atlanta

1936-1979

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John Gutmann

Two Students of Spelman College. First College for Black Women, Atlanta

1936-1979

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 356 × 278 mm. (14 × 10 15/16 in.) Image: 307 × 260 mm. (12 1/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of The John Gutmann Trust, San Francisco, California
Object Number 2000.178
Collection of the artist
Thomas, Lew, ed., The Restless Decade: John Gutmann's Photographs of the Thirties, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1984, ill. p. 154.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: VERSO: (graphite): TLC: '234.4-A'; TRC: 'M 1[circled]'; BL: 'W. / TWO STUDENTS OF SPELMAN COLLEGE, / FIRST COLLEGE FOR BLACK WOMEN / ATLANTA 1937'; BLC: 'VII'; BC: 'G3'; signed BR: '(c) John Gutmann'; BRC: 'SP'.

Markings: none - n/a

Artist

John Gutmann

1904–1997

American, born Germany, 1905-1998
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