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Clarence John Laughlin
The Eye, No. 11937, printed 1938

Not on view
Black and white photograph, extreme close-up of a teardrop-shaped car headlight in chrome bezel with radiator grille above and a reflected figure visible in the curved fender

Clarence John Laughlin, The Eye, No. 1, 1937, printed 1938, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Clarence John Laughlin
United States, 1905-1985
Title
The Eye, No. 1
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1937, printed 1938
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 5/8 × 10 1/4 in. (34.61 × 26.04 cm) Primary support: 13 5/8 × 10 1/4 in. (34.61 × 26.04 cm) Secondary support: 17 × 14 in. (43.18 × 35.56 cm) Mat: 13 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (35.24 × 50.48 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.81
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Sobieszek, Robert and Deborah Irmas. the camera i: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1994.
Copyright
© The Estae of Clarence John Laughlin / The Historic New Orleans Collection