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France Oversees Incorporating Trylon and Perisphere (World's Fair, 1939)

John Albok

Photography

ARTIST John Albok, American, born Hungary, 1894–1982
MEDIUM Gelatin silver print
DATES 1939
DIMENSIONS 11 x 10 in. (27.9 x 25.4 cm)
MARKINGS Stamped in ink on verso in lower left (overwritten in pen): "John Albok," address, and telephone number
SIGNATURE Signed on verso in lower right in pencil: "John Albok"
INSCRIPTIONS Inscribed in upper left in pencil: "World's Fair 1939"; Lower right in pencil: "France Oversees Incorporating Trylon and Perisphere"; center bottom of sheet: "Silver print"
COLLECTIONS Photography
ACCESSION NUMBER 1990.122.23
CREDIT LINE Gift of Ilona Albok Vitarius
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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