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The Language of Light - High Museum of Art

Details

Title

The Language of Light

Artist/Maker

Clarence John Laughlin (American, 1905–1985)

Date

1952, printed 1981

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 15 9/16 × 19 9/16 inches Mounted: 20 × 28 inches

Credit

Gift of Joshua Mann Pailet in honor of his mother, Charlotte Mann Pailet; her family members Josef, Jiri and Alma Beran Mann, all of whom perished in the Holocaust; and Sir Nicholas Winton, the British hero who orchestrated Charlotte’s escape with 669 Czechoslovakian children in 1939 Abbreviated version: Gift of Joshua Mann Pailet in honor of his mother, Charlotte Mann Pailet, her family, and Sir Nicholas Winton

Accession #

2016.588

Location

Currently not on view

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