Composites: Night at the Terminal

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

Dateca. 1966

MediumGelatin silver prints

DimensionsImage and sheet: 18 3/8 × 24 3/4 inches (46.67 × 62.87 cm)
Mount: 27 × 33 inches (68.58 × 83.82 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4150

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DescriptionUnique composite image composed of 14 vertical strips of photographs mounted together in 10 rows.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Night Light: a Survey of 20^th Century Night Photography, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 15 - February 12, 1989, The Fine Arts Center/Creekwood, Nashville, TN, February 26 - April 2, 1989, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN, April 23 - June 11, 1989, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, August 6 - September 24, 1989, Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA, February 18 - April 1, 1990, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE, April 29 - June 10, 1990, Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History, Danville, VA, July 8 - August 26, 1990, The Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN, September 23 - November 4, 1990, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT, December 1, 1990 – January 20, 1991, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, February 12 - April 7, 1991, no. 60.

Night Light: a Survey of 20^th Century Night Photography. Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, November 5, 1991 - January 12, 1992, no cat.

Night Light: a Survey of 20^th Century Night Photography. Missouri Western State College, October 5 - October 26, 1992, no cat.

Night Light: a Survey of 20^th Century Night Photography. Stephens College, Columbia, MO, January 18 - February 26, 1993, no cat.

The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 15 January-5 June 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, unnumbered.

The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, September 22, 2013 - January 5, 2014, unnumbered.

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