Giant
Artist
Henry Holmes Smith
(American, 1909 - 1986)
Date1949
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 21 3/16 × 17 1/16 × 1/4 inches (53.82 × 43.34 × 0.64 cm)
Mount: 21 3/16 × 17 1/16 × 1/4 inches (53.82 × 43.34 × 0.64 cm)
Mount: 21 3/16 × 17 1/16 × 1/4 inches (53.82 × 43.34 × 0.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Katherine Sinsabaugh and David Kinnear
Object number2015.47.9
SignedSignature on mount verso, top, in pencil: "henry holmes smith"
InscribedOn mount verso, top, in pencil: "GIANT, 1949"
MarkingsOn mount, upper right corner, in pencil: "RWFA7627"
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DescriptionAbstract image suggestive of a figure filled with amoeba like shapes; behind the figure are black linear streaks which fade into white.Copyright© Henry Holmes Smith
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