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Scarperia, Italy

Artist Emmet Gowin (American, born 1941)
Date1975; printed 1978
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/4 × 8 1/8 inches (19.69 × 20.64 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches (20.32 × 25.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2006.30.11
SignedSignature and date on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "emmet gowin [signature], 1978"
InscribedInscription on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "SCARPERIA, ITALY 1975"
MarkingsNotations on sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "3 [circled] 15 + 30 mask / with careful / dodge of bottom / 1 1/2 min [?]"; On sheet verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "matt 7 1/2 x 9 1/2" center col [?]"
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DescriptionThis work is a gelatin silver print depicting a mysteriously vignetted view of a garden, with a road visible in the background.
Copyright© Emmet Gowin
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