Clarence John Laughlin
1945
The Head in the Wall [building being demolished, near 2nd and K Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.]
[Poems of Desolation]

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)
 
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."
 
LL/23172