Tar Figure-Beast-Bird (Tar Eagle), Boston, MA

Tar Figure-Beast-Bird (Tar Eagle), Boston, MA

Photograph

Carl Chiarenza

Maker
American, 1935–2026

Tar Figure-Beast-Bird (Tar Eagle), Boston, MA

1959
Gelatin silver print
Image: 12 5/8 × 9 3/4 in. (32.1 × 24.7 cm)
Mount: 18 7/8 × 15 1/16 in. (47.9 × 38.3 cm)
Gift of the artist in honor of the museum's curators, directors, and staff members during his lifetime, 2016
2016.0003.0058
Inscriptions Signed in ink on mount recto, BR: Chiarenza
Dated in ink on mount recto, BL: 59
Signed, titled, and dated on mount verso, C: 4[circled and crossed out] \ [Untitled erased] A170, 1959 \ Tar Figure/Beast/Bird, Boston? (Tar Eagle) 1959 \ © 1959 CARL CHIARENZA \ Vintage printcc
Inscribed in pencil on mount verso, TLC: A-170[underlined]
Inscribed in pencil on mount verso, BC: 1950s #03
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