Backlot Buddha
Peter Stackpole, American, 1913 - 1997
negative 1940s; print date unknown
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 9 5/16 × 7 9/16 in. (23.6 × 19.2 cm)
Mount: 15 1/16 × 13 5/16 in. (38.2 × 33.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Elizabeth and David C. Lowenstein ’67 Fund and the Fund for Contemporary Photography
© Estate of Peter Stackpole
2016.30.20
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, on mount below image lower right: Peter Stackpole; inscribed, on reverse of mount, upper left: Budha[sic] – Back Lot M.G.M.; upper right: 44; lower left: W.B.
Provenance
Seth Bunnell, Tomales, California; sold to present collection, 2016.
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