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Checkerboard and Chapel

Series TitlePrima Materia
Artist Ruth Thorne-Thomsen (American, born 1943)
Date1985
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 5/8 x 4 7/16 inches (9.21 x 11.27 cm)
Sheet (and Mount): 4 11/16 x 5 1/2 inches (11.91 x 13.97 cm)
Mat: 14 x 11 inches (35.56 x 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2012.38.10
SignedOn mount verso, bottom center, in pencil: "R. Thorne-Thomsen 1/25"
InscribedOn mount verso, bottom center: "CHECKERBOARD & CHAPEL. "PRIMA MATERIA " ITALY 1985"; On mat recto, lower left, in pencil: 'CHECKERBOARD & CHAPEL "PRIMA MATERIAL" ITALY, 1985 1/25".
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/25
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of checker board pattern with shadows of tree limbs in foreground; stone building and pyramid in background.
Copyright© Ruth Thorne-Thomsen
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