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Clarence John Laughlin (1905-1985)
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Clarence John Laughlin (1905-1985) ELEGY FOR MOSS LAND, 1940. Ferrotyped silver gelatin print, printed 1973, flush-mounted to black illustration board, image size 285 x 357mm, board size 355 x 435mm, signed, titled, and dated by the photographer in white pencil lower margin recto, numbered '5' with copyright, date, and print details alongside Laughlin's stamp verso. Framed, frame size 420 x 520mm. Details on the board verso read: "Print No. _____ [hand-annotated '5' in ink] C. J. Laughlin 627 DECATUR ST. NEW ORLEANS, 16, LA. ALL REPRODUCTION AND AD- VERTISING RIGHTS RETAINED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER.' The following are also annotated in ink on the reverse: 'Photo © 1962,' 'Print made by C. J. L. 3/21/73,'’3138,’ 'B#649,' '3/21/73,' and '#2' [circled], 'L [circled] 4/77." Literature: Clarence John Laughlin: The Personal Eye (NY: Aperture, 1973), p.129; Ledbetter, B. Clarence John Laughlin's "Elegy For Moss Land", 1940 (NY: Aperture, 2006), p.88 Laughlin, C. Ghosts Along the Mississippi: The Magic of the Old Houses of Louisiana (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948), Pl.1.
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Clarence John Laughlin (1905-1985)
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