Margaret De Patta

a unique object, mounted, signed and dated in pencil on the mount, 1939

Collection of the photographer’s husband, Eugene Bielawski

Acquired from the above, 1988

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Watkins to Weston: 101 Years of California Photography, February - May 1992; and traveling thereafter to Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, June - August 1992, and Laguna Art Museum, January - March 1993

Oakland Museum of California, Space-Light-Structure: The Jewelry of Margaret De Patta, February - May 2012; and traveling thereafter to Museum of Arts and Design, New York, June - September 2012

Thomas Weston Fels, Watkins to Weston: 101 Years of California Photography (Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1992), p. 135, inverted vertically

This unique photogram is on lush double-weight paper with a subtle surface sheen. It is in generally excellent condition. Upon close examination in raking light, a tiny raised area (likely a particle trapped between the photograph and the mount) is visible along the upper edge. This photogram is mounted to slick, off-white board. There is a thin excess of yellowed adhesive on the mount at the perimeter of the print. The tip of the lower right corner of the mount is worn. The reverse of the mount is faintly soiled.
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