The Mad Chemist
The Mad Chemist

Currently not on view

The Mad Chemist,

ca. 1930–40

A. K. Wittmer, American, active 1930 - 1940
x1994-37

Information

Title
The Mad Chemist
Dates

ca. 1930–40

Maker
A. K. Wittmer
Medium
Gelatin silver print (mounted to board)
Dimensions
image: 22.5 x 16.4 cm (8 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.) sheet: 27 x 19.8 cm. (10 5/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Arthur S. Wightman, Graduate School Class of 1949
Object Number
x1994-37
Inscription
inscribed in pencil, o mount, recto below lower left corner of image: THE MAD CHEMIST; more on card
Culture
American
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs
Subject
workers, chemists, men, portraits

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