Supper in a Madhouse

William Mortensen American, 1897-1965
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About the Artwork

Supper in a Madhouse

1935

William Mortensen

1897-1965

American

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Mortensen pigment process

Image: 13 3/4 × 11 1/2 inches (34.9 × 29.2 cm) Sheet: 14 3/4 × 12 1/4 inches (37.5 × 31.1 cm) Mount: 17 3/4 × 13 3/4 inches (45.1 × 34.9 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Edward Wurst

F79.39

Non-commercial all standard museum

Markings

Signed and dated, in pencil, on sheet, lower right: William Mortensen 1935

Inscribed, in image [etched in negative] upper left: Supper in a Madhouse Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, upper right: Mortensen Pigment Process Inscribed, in black ink; on verso of mount, upper right: William Mortensen | Laguna Beach | Calif.

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Edward Wurst (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1979-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Barr, Nancy W. "The Legacy of Photographic Modernism in America: Edward Weston's 'Photographic Art' and Charles Sheeler's 'Wheels.'" Bulletin of the DIA 80, nos. 1/2 (2006): p. 48 (fig. 8).

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William Mortensen, Supper in a Madhouse, 1935, Mortensen pigment process. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Edward Wurst, F79.39.

Supper in a Madhouse
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