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Eleanor, Chicago
Eleanor, Chicago
Eleanor, Chicago

Eleanor, Chicago

Artist (American, 1912–1999)
Date1949
MediumGelatin-silver print
Dimensionsheight and width: 10 × 9 5/16 in. (25.4 × 23.6 cm)
frame: 20 3/8 × 16 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (51.8 × 41.6 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineGift of the family of Julian T. Baker Jr. and the Estate of Julian T. Baker Jr.
Object number2012.1.3
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated Chicago, 1949; collection of the artist; [Laurence Miller Gallery, New York]; [Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ]; Julian T. Baker Jr., Raleigh, NC; Julian T. Baker Jr. Estate; [Etherton Gallery, Tucson]; sold to NCMA, 2012 [1].

[1] Baker’s will stated that his entire collection should be sold by the Etherton Gallery and the Gitterman Gallery and the proceeds would go to the estate, which were then given to the family. The family then gave the NCMA Foundation a portion of the estate for the purpose of buying 25 photographs from the two galleries (specific photos that had been in Baker’s collection).

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