French Sculpture - Conventional Plant Design Capital from Moutier - St. - Jean

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French Sculpture - Conventional Plant Design Capital from Moutier - St. - Jean
French Sculpture - Conventional Plant Design Capital from Moutier - St. - Jean
Datec. 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Garfinkel, Class of 1980; Transferred from the Art History Department
Object numberS2018.2.990
Not on view
DescriptionPhotograph depicting a c.1125-1130 stone capital, decorated with conventional plant design, from Moutiers-Saint-Jean. The capital entered the Fogg Museum collection in 1922.
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Inscribed Recto, bottom left corner (label sticker on mount): "FRENCH SCULPTURE/ Conventional Plant Design / Capital from Moûtier - St. - Jean/ A. 1133/ Stone / H. 2 ft., 1 in. / CAMBRIDGE, MASS., FOGG ART MUSEUM"
Verso, bottom right corner (vertical label sticker on mount): "FRENCH SCULPTURE/ Conventional Plant Design / Capital from Moûtier - St. - Jean/ A. 1133/ Stone / H. 2 ft., 1 in. / CAMBRIDGE, MASS., FOGG ART MUSEUM"
Verso, on the label (pencil, vertical): "B12 4"
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