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Mary Ellen and Hand

Series TitleThe Somnambulist
Artist Ralph Gibson (American, born 1939)
Date1969
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 x 18 inches (30.48 x 45.72 cm)
Sheet: 16 x 20 inches (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2011.67.7
SignedOn back, in pencil: "Ralph Gibson, 1969"
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionWoman with face half obscured by hair reaching out to hand reaching into the frame in lower left corner.
Copyright© Ralph Gibson
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