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ALVIN LANGDON COBURN (1882–1966)
Vortograph, c. 1917
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board, printed before 1958
credited, titled '"Vortograph" [Abstraction] #2', dated and variously numbered in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 7 7/8 x 6 in. (19.9 x 15.2 cm.)

Provenance
Gifted by the artist, 1959.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Fundación Mapfre, Madrid, December 2014-February 2015, cat. no. 153, p. 252 (variant).
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Photographs from the Museum Collection, November 26, 1958–January 18, 1959.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, The Edward Steichen Photography Center, 1964.
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