About the Artwork
Belle Grove Plantation
1945
Clarence John Laughlin
1905-1985
American
Unknown
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 14 × 19 1/4 inches (35.6 × 48.9 cm) Mount: 18 × 24 inches (45.7 × 61 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, Lee and Tina Hills Graphic Arts Fund
F1988.8
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Markings
Inscribed, on the verso of the mount, on gummed label, upper right: Print No._______ | C.J. Laughlin | 627 Decatur | St. | New Orleans 16 La. Inscribed, on the verso of the mount, in ball point pen after "No." Inscribed, on the verso of the mount, in pencil, upper right: 59 Inscribed, on the verso of the mount, upper left: CJ# 5246-1620 | RMG# L8710. 486.C Inscribed, on the verso of the mount, in pencil upper left: pkg 5 [underscored] Inscribed, on the verso of the mount, on gummed label, lower left: TR9483/59 Inscribed, on the verso of the mount, center, in blue pencil after "NO.": 59 Inscribed, on the verso of the mount, in ink, lower right: NY#2308 | 34235 | 6/28/45 Inscribed, on the verso of the mount, in pencil, lower right: G.P. Inscribed, on the verso of the mount, in blue pencil, lower right: L135-50-59 Inscribed, on the verso of the mount, in pen, lower right: 4500 Inscribed, on the verso of the mount, in pen, crossed out, lower right: out# [encircled] Inscribed, on the verso of the mount, in pen, upper right: 15 [encircled and crossed out]
Stamped, on the verso of the mount, center: NO.___IN | A. F. A. | EXHIBITION | NO.
Provenance
until 1988, Elizabeth Laughlin (New Orleans, Lousiana, USA). 1988-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Clarence John Laughlin, Belle Grove Plantation, 1945, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Lee and Tina Hills Graphic Arts Fund, F1988.8.
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