31.2008: Untitled (setting up exercises on converted aircraft carrier in African Convoy)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

31.2008

People

Horace Bristol, American (Whittier, California 1908 - 1997 Ojai, California)

Title

Untitled (setting up exercises on converted aircraft carrier in African Convoy)

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1943

Places

Creation Place: Africa

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/323703

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

26.5 x 26.7 cm (10 7/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
sheet: 35.5 x 27.8 cm (14 x 10 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, top edge, in ink; in graphite: EDWARD STEICHEN'S TN. LITERATURE GROUP:PHOTOGRAPHIC DIV. BUR. OF AERNAUTICS [underlined in blue grease pencil]; -143
• stamp and inscription: verso, 1/3 way down from top, in green ink and scratched out in graphite: NB 14216
• inscription: verso, center, in graphite: C [over] TR - 1546
• inscription: verso, center, in red grease pencil: setting up exercises [underlined in blue grease pencil] [over] converted carrier [over] African [?] convoy
• stamp: verso, b.l. in blue ink: OFF.NAVY PHOTO [rotated 180 degrees]
• seal: verso, center, in blue ink: 13263 [rotated 90 degrees to the right]
• inscription: verso, b.l., in graphite: 2007 [over] Horace Bristol [over] 1943 PF58823
• inscription: verso, right edge, in graphite: 14317 - HBR [rotated 90 degrees]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous loan

Copyright

© Horace Bristol Estate

Object Number

31.2008

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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