The Mystery of “Chance”
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The Mystery of “Chance”
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Clarence John Laughlin
American, 1905–1985
American, 1905–1985
Date
1941, printed 1979
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Accession #
2015.431
Dimensions
Image: 13 5/8 × 10 3/4 inches
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 inches
Mounted: 17 × 14 inches
Location
Currently Not on View
Description
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 WintonImage Copyright
© The Historic New Orleans Collection