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Tower

Series TitleExpeditions
Artist Ruth Thorne-Thomsen (American, born 1943)
Date1979
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 1/2 x 3 9/16 inches (11.43 x 9.05 cm)
Sheet (and Mount): 5 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches (13.65 x 11.11 cm)
Mat: 14 x 11 inches (35.56 x 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2012.38.66
SignedSigned and editioned on mount verso, lower right, in silver pen: "R. Thorne-Thomsen 22/25"
InscribedTitled and dated on mount verso, bottom, in silver pen: "TOWER "EXPEDITIONS" IL. 1979"; Titled, dated and editioned on mat recto, lower left, in pencil: "TOWER "EXPEDITIONS" IL. 1979 22/25"; Titled on mat recto, lower right, in pencil: "Tower 'Expeditions'".
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 22/25
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of a leaning tower among a landscape littered with tiny palm trees and a hot air balloon in the sky.
Copyright© Ruth Thorne-Thomsen
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