Barry, Dwayne and Turkeys, Danville, Virginia
Artist
Emmet Gowin
(American, born 1941)
Date1970; printed 1980
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches (13.67 x 17.45 cm)
Sheet: 8 x 10 inches (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 x 10 inches (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2011.21.26
SignedSignature on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Emmet Gowin [signature] 1980."
InscribedInscription on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Barry Dwayne and Turkeys. Danville VA. 1970"
MarkingsNotations on sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "4 [circled] 3 1/2 + ↑1 + ll 00 ll";
On sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "#72389";
On sheet verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "Light #159", "$500"
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DescriptionImage of two young boys wearing coats standing next to two turkeys in the grass. A wire fence with wooden posts separates them from a path lined with foliage.Gallery LabelTwo boys, standing next to two turkeys and two pots, appear to share a playful secret. Emmet Gowin earned recognition in the early 1970s for family photographs of his wife, Edith, and her family in Danville, Virginia. Inspired by the simplicity of the amateur snapshot, these photographs transform details of everyday life into gentle mysteries.
Copyright© Emmet Gowin
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