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ALVIN LANGDON COBURN (1882–1966)
Vortograph, 1917
gelatin silver print, printed before 1953
credited, titled and variously annotated/numbered in pencil (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Museum of Modern Art labels (mat, interior and verso)
image/sheet: 8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.2 cm.)

Provenance
Gifted by the photographer, 1953.
Literature
Mike Weaver, Alvin Langdon Coburn: Symbolist Photographer, New York, 1986, p. 73.
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Circulating Exhibition: 50 Great Photographs, 1956–1958.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, The Edward Steichen Photography Center, 1964.
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