Unseen Symphony (World's Fair 1940)
John Albok
Photography
MEDIUM
Gelatin silver print
DATES
1940
DIMENSIONS
11 x 10 1/2 in. (27.9 x 26.7 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Stamped in ink in center of verso: "Photo John Albok, 1392 Madison Ave. NY 29, NY"
SIGNATURE
Signed on lower right of recto in pencil: "John Albok"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed in ink on recto: "Unseen symphony"; on upper right of verso in ink: "World's Fair Condusctor 1940"; in pencil on upper left of verso: "Of I.L.G.W.U. symphony"; on upper right of verso: "#74"; lower right in ink: "Condusctor: J. Littai"; in pencil: "At the American Common I.L.G.W.U. Convention Day, silver print"
COLLECTIONS
Photography
ACCESSION NUMBER
1990.122.5
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Ilona Albok Vitarius
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
John Albok (American, born Hungary, 1894–1982). Unseen Symphony (World's Fair 1940), 1940. Gelatin silver print, 11 x 10 1/2 in. (27.9 x 26.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ilona Albok Vitarius, 1990.122.5. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1990.122.5.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.1990.122.5.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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RIGHTS STATEMENT
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