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Mardi Gras Celebrations (New Orleans)
Mardi Gras Celebrations (New Orleans)
Mardi Gras Celebrations (New Orleans)

Mardi Gras Celebrations (New Orleans)

Artist (American, 1909–2001)
DatePrinted 1992 from 1930s or early 1940s negative
MediumToned gelatin-silver print
Dimensionsimage: 13 1/2 × 12 11/16 in. (34.3 × 32.2 cm)
paper: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
frame: 24 7/8 × 20 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (63.2 × 53 × 4.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineGift of Robert P. Venuti in honor of Lawrence J. Wheeler
Object number2016.4.6
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated 1930s or early 1940s, New Orleans, LA; collection of the artist; published by Diogenes Editions with Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MS, May 15, 1992; acquired by Robert Venuti, Chapel Hill, NC, 1993; given to NCMA, 2015.
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