The Bat

1902

Gertrude Käsebier

Artist, American, 1852 - 1934

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • 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


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