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Swimming in a Gray Scale

Artist Donald Blumberg (American, born 1935)
Date1998
MediumGelatin silver print (diptych)
DimensionsImage (.1): 10 5/8 × 10 1/2 inches (27 × 26.67 cm)
Sheet (.1): 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Image (.2): 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (26.67 × 26.67 cm)
Sheet (.2): 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Donald R. Blumberg and Grace Blumberg
Object number2025.37.21.1,2
SignedBoth .1 and .2: Initialed, dated, and editioned on image recto, lower right, in black pen: "1/3 D.B. 1998"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/3
On View
Not on view
DescriptionImages of male swimmer in water.
1: left arm cropped; 2: left arm raised.
Provenance
Donald R. Blumberg, 2014;
Given by Donald R. Blumberg and Grace Blumberg to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.
Copyright© Donald Blumberg
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