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DimensionsSheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Image: 8 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (21 × 29.8 cm)
Accession Number 2021.95
Classificationsphotograph
SignedNathan Lerner / 1939 (verso u,r graphite)
Inscriptions38 (verso u,l blue pencil?) "Nuns on a Bridge" (verso u,r graphite) 13 (verso u,r graphite and circled) INV2596 NLSE226.2 5000- (verso l,l graphite)
MarksNATHAN LERNER 849 WEST WEBSTER AVENUE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60614 (verso c,l black ink stamp)
ProvenanceJeff Perry, New York [acquired by 2017]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2021]

Images (2)

Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Nuns on a Bridge
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Screen and Strings
Nathan Lerner
1939
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Focused view for camera: Brown's face
Nathan Lerner
1939, printed later
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Closed Eye
Nathan Lerner
1940, printed later
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
El Platform, Chicago
Nathan Lerner
1935, printed later
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Three Fish, Tokyo
Nathan Lerner
1974
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Glasses window display
Nathan Lerner
ca. 1970s
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Broom, rolled mat, and garbage can, Japan
Nathan Lerner
ca. 1970s
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
The Street, Japan
Nathan Lerner
1975
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Tokyo Tower, Japan
Nathan Lerner
ca. 1970s
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Group of women playing shamisen, Japan
Nathan Lerner
ca. 1970s
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Man and standpipe
Nathan Lerner
ca. 1930s, printed later
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Outdoor bed
Nathan Lerner
ca. 1930s, printed later