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Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin
Object number1987.53.44

Philip Larkin

Date1960
Artist (American, 1918-2003)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 9 15/16 x 8 in. (25.2 x 20.3 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, possibly by artist, upper center in pencil: PL9-60B / PHILIP LARKIN / 1960; upper right in blue ink: -1; lower left in green crayon: 1960; on verso, by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.44
MarkingsOn verso, stamped upper center: 11 578; stamped left center: Photo By: / ROLLIE MCKENNA / ONE HANCOX STREET / STONINGTON, CONN. / AREA CODE 203 533-0110/2126 / Not To Be Reproduced / Without Permission / Please Credit With Photo; © Rollie Mc Kenna; stamped center: Photo By: / ROLLIE MCKENNA / ONE HANCOX STREET / STONINGTON, CONN. / AREA CODE 203 533-0110 / Not To Be Reproduced / Without Permission / Please Credit With Photo On printed label, verso lower center: © Rollie McKenna / 1 Hancox Street / Stonington, CT 06378 / (203) 535-0110/2126
BibliographyVariant: John Malcolm Brinnin and Bill Read, The Modern Poets, An American-British Anthology (McGraw-Hill, 1963), 196. ProvenanceGift of the artist
DescriptionBust length portrait of man with dark glasses, striped shirt and coat
Terms
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