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Call Number:

PH-01287

Collection Name:

Clarence John Laughlin Photography Collection

Creator:

Laughlin, Clarence John, 1905 - 1985, active 1934 - 1985

No. of Items:

13 photographs

Span Dates:

1937-1965

Description:

The collection consists of thirteen photographs by Clarence John Laughlin (American, 1905-1985). Print information follows.

964:0092:0001 -- Monsters from the Sea, 1942. Gelatin silver print;
964:0092:0002 -- The Fierce-Eyed Building, 1940. Gelatin silver print;
964:0092:0003 -- The Old Man of the Wood, 1950. Gelatin silver print;
964:0092:0004 -- Elegy for Moss Land, 1947. Gelatin silver print;
964:0092:0005 -- Lost in Time: The Improbable Domes, 1965. Gelatin silver print;
964:0092:0006 -- A Song for a Bygone Time, 1949. Gelatin silver print;
964:0092:0007 -- The Enigma, 1940. Gelatin silver print;
964:0092:0008 -- Three Vistas through One Wall, 1937. Gelatin silver print;
964:0092:0009 -- The Unending Stream, 1939. Gelatin silver print;
964:0092:0010 -- Three Vistas through One Wall, 1937. Gelatin silver print;
964:0092:0011 -- The Fierce-Eyed Building, 1938. Gelatin silver print;
964:0092:0012 -- Farewell to the Past (No. 7), 1941. Gelatin silver print;
964:0092:0013 -- The Unending Stream, 1939. Gelatin silver print.

Accession No(s):

964:0092:0001-0013

Location(s):

Laughlin, C.J., Box (964:0092:0001-0009)
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L Box, Large (964:0092:0010-0011)
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L Box, Large (964:0092:0013)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Laughlin, Clarence John, 1905 - 1985, active 1934 - 1985
Title Monsters from the Sea
Date 1942
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 33 x 26 cm; 13 x 10 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0092:0001
Artist/Maker Laughlin, Clarence John, 1905 - 1985, active 1934 - 1985
Title The Fierce-Eyed Building
Date 1940
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 33 x 26 cm; 13 x 10 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0092:0002
Artist/Maker Laughlin, Clarence John, 1905 - 1985, active 1934 - 1985
Title The Old Man of the Wood
Date 1950
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 26 x 33 cm; 10 1/5 x 13 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0092:0003
Artist/Maker Laughlin, Clarence John, 1905 - 1985, active 1934 - 1985
Title Elegy for Moss Land
Date 1947
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions print: 26 x 33 cm; 10 1/5 x 13 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0092:0004
Artist/Maker Laughlin, Clarence John, 1905 - 1985, active 1934 - 1985
Title Lost in Time: The Improbable Domes
Date 1965
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 25.3 x 33 cm; 10 x 13 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0092:0005
Artist/Maker Laughlin, Clarence John, 1905 - 1985, active 1934 - 1985
Title A Song for a Bygone Time
Date 1949
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 33 x 26 cm; 13 x 10 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0092:0006
Artist/Maker Laughlin, Clarence John, 1905 - 1985, active 1934 - 1985
Title The Enigma
Date 1940
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 33 x 26 cm; 13 x 10 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0092:0007
Artist/Maker Laughlin, Clarence John, 1905 - 1985, active 1934 - 1985
Title Three Vistas through One Wall
Date 1937
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 26 x 33 cm; 10 1/5 x 13 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0092:0008
Artist/Maker Laughlin, Clarence John, 1905 - 1985, active 1934 - 1985
Title The Unending Stream
Date 1939
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 26.2 x 33.8 cm; 10 3/10 x 13 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0092:0009
Artist/Maker Laughlin, Clarence John, 1905 - 1985, active 1934 - 1985
Title Three Vistas through One Wall
Date 1937
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 34.8 x 43.2 cm; 13 7/10 x 17 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0092:0010
Artist/Maker Laughlin, Clarence John, 1905 - 1985, active 1934 - 1985
Title The Fierce-Eyed Building
Date 1938
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 43.2 x 35.6 cm; 17 x 14 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0092:0011
Artist/Maker Laughlin, Clarence John, 1905 - 1985, active 1934 - 1985
Title Farewell to the Past #7
Date 1941
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 43 x 35.5 cm; 16 9/10 x 14 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0092:0012
Artist/Maker Laughlin, Clarence John, 1905 - 1985, active 1934 - 1985
Title Elegy for Moss Land
Date 1947
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 40.5 x 50.5 cm; 15 9/10 x 19 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0092:0013