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Clarence John Laughlin 
The Head in the Wall [building being demolished, near 2nd and K Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.] 
[Poems of Desolation] 
1945 
  
Silver print 
10 3/4 x 13 1/4 in (27.3x33.7 cm) 
  
Swann Galleries - New York 
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 15, 2007, #2124, Lot 106) 
  
 
LL/23172 
  
With Laughlin's signature and date, in ink, on mount recto and a typed caption label on mount verso.
 
Clarence John Laughlin: The Personal Eye, 65; Clarence John Laughlin: Visionary Photographer, 65.
 
This image is from a series entitled "Poems of Desolation." Laughlin states on the caption label: "In the wall of the shattered building, appears the image of the avatar of destruction - the strange and terrible creature which broods over the ruin to come - the image cast from the minds of men into visible form. A number of strange spacial relationships and disassociations appear in this print." 
 

 
  
 
  
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