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Closing Day at the Fair

John Albok

Photography

ARTIST John Albok, American, born Hungary, 1894–1982
MEDIUM Gelatin silver print
DATES 1940
DIMENSIONS image: 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (27.3 x 34.3 cm) sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
SIGNATURE Stamped in ink on verso in lower left: "John Albok 1392 Madison Ave. NY Tel. ATwater 9-4498"
INSCRIPTIONS Inscribed in upper left in ink (in another hand): "Worlds Fair 1939"; lower right: "Closing Day at the fair- silver print"
COLLECTIONS Photography
ACCESSION NUMBER 1990.122.19
CREDIT LINE Gift of Ilona Albok Vitarius
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
EDITION Edition: 1/2
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