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Josef Breitenbach
Penicillin Plant, Teheran1957

Not on view
Black and white photograph of figures in surgical caps, face masks, and oversized white sunglasses gathered around a glass-fronted scientific enclosure

Josef Breitenbach, Penicillin Plant, Teheran, 1957, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Peter C. Jones, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Photographer
Josef Breitenbach
Title
Penicillin Plant, Teheran
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1957
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 11 3/16 × 10 15/16 in. (28.42 × 27.78 cm) Primary support: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.78 cm) Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Peter C. Jones
Accession Number
M.2000.168.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Josef Breitenbach Trust, New York