Eight-Eyed Cannibal Wolf Spider

Eight-Eyed Cannibal Wolf Spider

Photograph

Andreas Feininger

Maker
American, b. France, 1906–1999

Eight-Eyed Cannibal Wolf Spider

March 1950
Gelatin silver print
Image/Overall: 13 7/16 × 10 11/16 in. (34.2 × 27.2 cm)
Gift of the photographer
1978.0606.0182
Inscriptions stamped in red ink on verso, TLC: LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION; inscribed in red pencil on verso, TL: D [circled]; stamped in red ink on verso, TC: USED IN LIFE MAR 20 1950; inscribed in red pencil on verso, TR: p109; inscribed in pencil on verso, TR: No Negs in file; inscribed in pencil on verso, LT: [arrow pointing up] 4 7/8" [sideways]; inscribed in pencil on verso, TL: 36+ [sideways] Wolf Spider; inscribed in red pencil on verso, TC: 17 [sideways]; inscribed in blue pencil on verso, C: Household Pests - '50 [underlined]; stamped in blue ink on verso, RC: 31272 [sideways]; inscribed in pencil on verso, BL: z [circled]; stamped in black ink on verso, BC: LIFE PHOTO \ BY \ ANDREAS FEININGER[circled in red]; inscribed in pencil on verso, BR: Insects [underlined] \ Eight Eyed Cannibal- [underlined] \ Wolf Spider [underlined] lives on other \ spiders and insects. It has \ eight bulging eyes, six on \ front of its face, two on top of \ head. Hidden behind heavy \ beard are it poisonous fangs. \ Fleet footed, it runs down its \ prety, jumps on it, sucks \ out its juices; signed in pencil on verso, BR: A. Feininger; stamped in red ink on verso, BL: A.S.M.P. BK. \ JOB No. D-354 #49 \ COLOR 1; stamped in red ink on verso, BL: APR 10 1950 \ INTERNATIONAL EDITION APR 10 1951; inscribed in blue pencil on verso, BL: Insects - Spiders; inscribed in pencil on verso, BLC: S/S [crossed out] [arrow pointing down]
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