Farewell to the Past (Belle Grove Plantation)

Clarence John Laughlin American, 1905-1985
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About the Artwork

Farewell to the Past (Belle Grove Plantation)

1945

Clarence John Laughlin

1905-1985

American

Unknown

Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 7/8 inches (24.8 × 20 cm) Mount: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Founders Society Purchase, Matilda R. Wilson Fund

F1988.11

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Markings

Inscribed, on verso of mount, in ball point pen, upper right after "No": F-65 Inscribed, on verso of mount, in ball point pen, crossed out, upper right: F-60 Inscribed, on verso of mount, in ball point pen, upper left: 2920 | [encircled] | 9 P | use Inscribed, on verso of mount, in ball point pen, red pen, and red pencil on self-adhesive label, upper right: F-65 | X 283 | 284 Inscribed, on verso of mount, in pencil, center left: COL# 443G 08101 | RWG#L8710 4050 Inscribed, on verso of mount, in ball point pen, center: #2920 | BH 261 | 3/8/46 | #19 in set Inscribed, on verso of mount, in pencil, lower right: L [en-circled] | 10/62 Inscribed, on verso of mount, in ball point pen over pencil "L," lower right: L Inscribed, on verso of mount, in ball point pen, lower right: re [underscored] - L [encircled] 10/74 Inscribed, on verso of mount, in ball point pen, lower left: The Revenant Inscribed, on verso of mount, in ball point pen, lower right: Farewell to the Past (#4) Inscribed, on verso of mount, in pencil, lower right corner: 20

Stamped, on the verso of the mount, upper right: Print No______ | C.L. LAUGHLIN | 627 DECATUR STREET | NEW ORLEANS, 16, LA | ALL REPRODUCTION AND AD- |VERTISING RIGHTS RETAINED | BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER Stamped, on the verso of the mount, upper center: Photograph by Clarence John Laughlin | © THE [illegible] NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION Stamped, on the verso of the mount, top left edge: [instriptions cut off and illegible]

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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Published References

Bulletin of the DIA 64, no. 2-3 (1988): p. 26 (fig. 18).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Clarence John Laughlin, Farewell to the Past (Belle Grove Plantation), 1945, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Matilda R. Wilson Fund, F1988.11.

Farewell to the Past (Belle Grove Plantation)
Farewell to the Past (Belle Grove Plantation)