Harvard Art Museums > 2020.17: Untitled (drying noodles in central Korea) Photographs Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Untitled (drying noodles in central Korea) (Horace Bristol) , 2020.17,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/55141. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2020.17 People Horace Bristol, American (Whittier, California 1908 - 1997 Ojai, California) Title Untitled (drying noodles in central Korea) Other Titles Series/Book Title: Korea, 1948 Classification Photographs Work Type photograph Date 1947-1948 Places Creation Place: East Asia, Korea Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/55141 Physical Descriptions Medium Ferrotyped gelatin silver print Technique Gelatin silver print Dimensions image: 19.7 x 19.2 cm (7 3/4 x 7 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: verso, b.r., blue ink: 3 LIONS stamp: verso, top center, blue ink: EAST - WEST [over] PHOTOGRAPHIC AGENCY stamp: verso, center, blue ink: Photograph By [over] HORACE BRISTOL label: verso, bottom, black ink, typed: Drying noodles in central Korea. The old gentleman eyeing the camera so [over] quizzically is eighty-two, still spry enough to carry home the morning's [over] purchases for his family. Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Penumbra Photographs, Guilford, CT], sold; to Robert D. Mowry (2004-2020), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2020. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert D. Mowry Copyright © Horace Bristol Estate Accession Year 2020 Object Number 2020.17 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions 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. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
