Edith and Elijah, Newtown, Pennsylvania
Artist
Emmet Gowin
(American, born 1941)
Date1974
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 7 5/8 inches (19.37 × 19.37 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches (20.32 × 25.24 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches (20.32 × 25.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2014.12.10
SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "emmet gowin c.1980"
InscribedTitled and dated on sheet verso, bottom edge, in pencil: "Edith + Elijah, Newton, Pennsylvania 1974"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, top right corner, in pencil: "EG.195.7"
Metadata inscribed on sheet verso, top edge, in pencil.
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DescriptionThis work is a gelatin silver print depicting a mysteriously vignetted view of a nude pregnant woman (Edith Gowin) and nude boy (Elijah Gowin) lying on their sides in a rocky stream.Copyright© Emmet Gowin
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