Siena, Italy (Dedicated to Frederick Sommer: The Hint that is a Garden)

Artist Emmet Gowin (American, born 1941)

Date1975; printed 1976

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 7/8 inches (20.16 × 25.08 cm)
Mount: 13 7/8 × 15 1/2 inches (35.24 × 39.37 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.1405

SignedSignature and date on mount recto, bottom, in pencil: "emmet gowin / PRINT FEB.1976"

InscribedOn mount recto, bottom edge, in pencil" SIENA, ITALY 1975 / DEDICATED TO FREDERICK SOMMER: THE HINT THAT IS A GARDEN"

MarkingsNotations scaled for repro for 1976 monograph On mount recto, bottom edge, in pencil: "AREA 19.4 CM X 24.4 CM 8 1/4"; On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "3 [circled] A30-AMTDOL [?] 2 min [?] map + 30 / 30 March 26, 1976"; On mount recto, lower left corner, in pencil: "#52 [circled] / PAGE #75"; On mount recto, lower right corner, in pencil: "500-"

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DescriptionVintage print; aerial image of a tree and surounding garden with divided plots of land.

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