id:			323817
accession number:	2018.660
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.660
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:24.335000

Sign for Baby Siamese Twins at Carnival, NYC, c. 1948. Lloyd Ullberg (American, 1904–1996). Gelatin silver print; image: 11.4 x 16.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2018.660

title:				Sign for Baby Siamese Twins at Carnival, NYC
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creation date:			c. 1948
creation date earliest:		1943
creation date latest:		1953
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creditline:			Gift of George Stephanopoulos
copyright:			

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Lloyd Ullberg (American, 1904–1996)  - artist
American photographer, 1904-1996
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measurements: Image: 11.4 x 16.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "LUL 3053"
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	remark:		

	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "4000"
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	inscription:	Imprinted in blue ink on verso: "CERTIFIED VINTAGE PRINT/ Lloyd Ullberg/ LLOYD ULLBERG ESTATE". Text is surrounded by a thin, linear, rectangular border with diagonal lines forming a diamond shaped inner border.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920-1950
	opening date:   2021-07-11T04:00:00
	<i>A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920-1950</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-November 7, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
Displays of biological rarities, sometimes real but often fake, were found in amusement parks and traveled with circuses or carnivals. By 1940 such attractions had begun to fall out of favor, although this one has amassed a crowd. While the sign says, “Siamese twins,” that medical condition is today referred to as “conjoined twins.” Lloyd Ullberg was a classically trained oboist in theater and symphony orchestras when he and his wife took up photography in 1930, seeking a more dependable income during the Depression. Ullberg did commercial assignments but also produced personal work for which he achieved acclaim.
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