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Philadelphia

Artist Ray K. Metzker (American, 1931 - 2014)
Date1963
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 × 8 13/16 inches (15.24 × 22.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.32 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2009.6.9
Signedsigned in pencil, on back of print: "Ray K. Metzker
Inscribed(63 GV-34)
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of older woman climbing the staircase from the subway; she has on a netted hat and is carrying a purse.Exhibition History

The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker and the Institute of Design. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, September 1, 2012 - February 28, 2013, no. 31.

The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, September 22, 2013 - January 5, 2014, no. 31.

Copyright© Estate of Ray K. Metzker
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