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Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Egg on an Ebony Block
Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Egg on an Ebony Block

Artist Paul Outerbridge, Jr. (American, 1896-1958)
CultureAmerican
Date1923
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 4 5/16 × 3 1/2 in. (11 × 8.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 15/16 × 16 in. (50.6 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Robert and Joyce Menschel Fund
Object number80.223
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a platinum print photograph.

Label TextPaul Outerbridge American, 1896–1958 Egg on an Ebony Block, 1923 Platinum print (photograph) Museum purchase, Robert and Joyce Menschel Fund 80.223 Exhibition History"A History of Photography: 15 Years at the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA; September 11, 1993-March 6, 1994. "Photographs from the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, February 26-April 23, 1989 "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.
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