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Photograph

Figure 12 [Man and Photograph], negative about 1940; print later;
artist: Jack Delano (American photographer and filmmaker, born 1914);
Gelatin silver print, Image: 22.9 × 30.8 cm (9 × 12 1/8 in.), Sheet: 27.7 × 35.6 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.);
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California), 2012.63.5 © The J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.

Object/Work🔺

  • Catalog Level:🔺 item (value type: controlled list)
  • Type:🔺 gelatin silver print (value type: authority)

Classification🔺

  • Terms:🔺
    photographs
    American Art (value type: controlled list)

Titles or Names🔺

  • Text:🔺 [Man and Photograph] (value type: free text)
    Preference: preferred (value type: controlled list)
    Type: repository

Creation🔺

  • Creator Description:🔺 Jack Delano (American photographer and filmmaker, born 1914) (value type: free text)

  • Identity:🔺 Delano, Jack (_value type: authority)
    Role:🔺 photographer

  • Creation Date:🔺 negative about 1940; print later (value type: free text)
    Earliest:🔺 1935 Latest:🔺 1945 (value type: controlled format)

Measurements🔺

  • Dimensions Description:🔺 Image: 22.9 x 30.8 cm (9 x 12 1/8 in.); Sheet: 27.7 x 35.6 cm (10 7/8 x 14 in.) (value type: free text)

  • DimensionExtent: image
    Value: 22.9 Unit: cm Type: height
    Value: 30.8 Unit: cm Type: width (value type: controlled format and controlled lists)

  • DimensionExtent: sheet
    Value: 27.7 Unit: cm Type: height
    Value: 35.6 Unit: cm Type: width (value type: controlled format and controlled lists)

Materials and Techniques🔺

  • Description:🔺 gelatin silver print (value type: free text)

  • Technique Name: gelatin silver print (value type: authority)

Inscriptions/Marks

  • Transcription or Description: signed in pencil, lower right: Jack Delano; Recto, sheet, lower right, in pencil: “10/25”; Verso, lower center, in pencil: “JD2/1072 [space] PF66776”; lower right, in pencil: “43881-D [space] 268” (value type: free text)

Subject Matter🔺

  • Indexing Terms:🔺
    human figures
    male
    photograph
    portrait
    hat
    soldier (value type: authority)

Descriptive Note

  • Text: This portrait depicts a middle-aged man standing next to a framed oval 19th century photograph of a man in military uniform. (value type: free text)

  • Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum online (value type: authority)
    Page: accessed 16 February 2024 (value type: free text)

Current Location🔺

  • Repository Name/Geographic Location:🔺 Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States) (value type: authority)
    Repository Numbers:🔺 2012.63.5 (value type: free text)

NOTE: 🔺 indicates a core CDWA category.

Revised 23 July 2024
by Emily Benoff

Figure 12 [Man and Photograph], negative about 1940; print later;
artist: Jack Delano (American photographer and filmmaker, born 1914);
Gelatin silver print, Image: 22.9 × 30.8 cm (9 × 12 1/8 in.), Sheet: 27.7 × 35.6 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.);
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California), 2012.63.5 © The J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.