Nest of paper wasp

Nest of paper wasp

Photograph

Andreas Feininger

Maker
American, b. France, 1906–1999

Nest of paper wasp

White-faced hornet nest, sectioned, Pennsylvania, 1948


[Inside of the nest of a paper wasp]


ca. 1950
Gelatin silver print
Image: 13 5/8 × 10 1/2 in. (34.6 × 26.6 cm)
Gift of the photographer
1978.0606.0241
Inscriptions inscribed in pencil on verso, C: 2 [circled]; stamped in black ink on verso, C: PHOTOGRAPH BY \ ANDREAS FEININGER; inscribed in pencil on verso, BC: Nest of white-faced[crossed out] hornet[crossed out] \ paper wasp; signed in pencil on verso, BL: Andreas Feininger
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