The Bat
1902
Artist, American, 1852 - 1934

Artwork overview
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Medium
platinum print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 20.6 x 15.4 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/16 in.)
mount: 20.9 x 15.6 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
mount: 21.2 x 15.9 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
mount: 34 x 26.1 cm (13 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.) -
Accession
2008.65.14
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Käsebier family; gift to private collection; NGA purchase (through Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York), 2008.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2015
In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015
Wikidata ID
Q64154277