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PhotographsAmerican20th century

Untitled (drying noodles in central Korea)

1947-1948

Artists

Horace BristolArtist

Description

Photograph taken in Korea probably in 1947 or 1948 (as it appears in the first edition of Horace Bristol's book, Korea, which was published in 1948). Vintage gelatin silver print; with stamps on the back reading "Photograph by Horace Bristol" and "East-West Photographic Agency". Mid-twentieth-century street scene in central Korea with an eighty-two year-old gentleman in traditional garb (white robe and black, horse-hair hat) and a man drying newly made noodles.

Classification
Photographs
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Medium
Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Century
20th century
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Department
Department of Photographs

Dimensions

image: 19.7 x 19.2 cm (7 3/4 x 7 9/16 in.)

Provenance

[Penumbra Photographs, Guilford, CT], sold; to Robert D. Mowry (2004-2020), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2020.

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