Members of the Eastern Synod | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M26380
People: G. Edgar Engle, American
Title: Members of the Eastern Synod
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1905
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/30037

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: 41.5 x 31 cm (16 5/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Barbara Moore, Bound & Unbound, New York, New York, partial gift partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, June 28, 2005.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Barbara and Peter Moore Fluxus Collection, Margaret Fisher Fund and gift of Barbara Moore/Bound & Unbound
Accession Year: 2005
Object Number: M26380
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: This photograph was purchased by Barbara and Peter Moore ca. 1969/1970 at an antique shop near Easton, PA. It was later used by George Maciunas as the raw material for his "Church Synod Stamps" (M26437), in which he re-ordered the faces in a sequence of gradually-increasing quantity of facial hair.

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