Couplets: Atlantic City

Artist Ray K. Metzker (American, 1931 - 2014)

Date1969; printed 1984

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 x 6 1/8 inches (22.86 x 15.57 cm)
Sheet: 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.32 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2009.6.41

SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Ray K. Metzker 9/30"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "69 EV-44a/69 IH-16 s 84"

Edition/State/Proofed. 9/30

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DescriptionTwo frames printed vertically. The top images is of a woman looking through binoculars; the bottom image is of a man and woman (both wearing swimsuits) lying on their backs on a sandy beach with their eyes closed.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 15 - June 5, 2011, no cat.

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. 67.

The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, September 22, 2013 - January 5, 2014, no. 67.

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