Eye and Barbed Wire
1939
Artist, American, 1913 - 1997
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 35.5 × 47.9 cm (14 × 18 7/8 in.)
sheet: 40.8 × 50.6 cm (16 1/16 × 19 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2012.115.74
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Nathan Lerner; Estate of Nathan Lerner, Chicago, 1997; gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, center in graphite: "Eye and Barbed Wire" / Nathan Lerner / 1939; lower left in graphite: #39.4.3; bottom left in graphite: INV#266
Wikidata ID
Q64158462