Title from caption on object: “Macchie Solari, Foto Osservatorio di Monte Wilson (Sunspots, Mount Wilson Observatory)”
c. 1971
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 16.5 × 18.1 cm (6 1/2 × 7 1/8 in.)
sheet: 17.5 × 23.8 cm (6 7/8 × 9 3/8 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.530
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite inverted: 10; top right in black ink: [arrow]; upper center in graphite inverted: 55 1/2; upper right in blue ink: [illegible] cm.; upper right in black ink: 10 [crossed out in blue and black ink] 9; center left in black ink perpendicular: [illegible] 2; center in black ink on applied label: Macchie solari / (Foto osservatorio Monte Wilson U.S.A.) / [printed in black ink: ©] Breune [?] (disp) [printed in black ink: data] 9/71; center in red ink on applied label: (citazione obbligatorie) / F.M. 9/71 schede "Le cielo" N.2 / GN. 27/81 p.5 / Astronomie / Sole / [printed in black ink: ep - CENTRO DOCUMENTAZIONE - MILANO]; lower center in blue pencil: colore giallo; lower right in graphite: Nero + [illegible]; bottom right in graphite: [arrow]