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Maker(s):Feininger, Lyonel
Culture:American (1871 - 1956)
Title:Ye Ancient Olde Gables
Date Made:circa 1920-1931
Type:Photograph
Materials:gelatin silver print mounted on light gray paperboard
Place Made:Germany (probably)
Measurements:mount: 18 1/4 x 13 5/8 in.; 46.355 x 34.6075 cm; image: 9 1/4 x 7 in.; 23.495 x 17.78 cm
Narrative Inscription:  inscription on lower left mount: Lyonel Feininger, Ye Ancient Olde Gables, German, gift of Jere Abbott, SC 1937:1-3
Accession Number:  SC 1936.4.3
Credit Line:Gift of Jere Abbott
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
1936_4_3.jpg

Description:
two rows of wooden blocks, ten in total, carved into different rectilinear shapes and resembling architecture, shot and lit from above so that cast shadows emphasize contours, the blocks sit on dark surface; wood has a rough, crude appearance;

Subjects:
Paperboard; Photographic gelatin

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