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1987.53.52
1987.53.52
Object number1987.53.52

1987.53.52

Date1956
Artist (American, 1918-2003)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in. (18 x 24 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, by artist, center in pencil: JAMES I MERRILL #28 / STONINGTON, CONN / SEPT 1956; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.52
MarkingsOn verso, partially obscured stamp upper center: PHOTO BY: / ROLLIE McKENNA / [copyright credit label] / Not To Be Reproduced / Without Permission. / Please Credit With Photo; stamped center: ASMP MEMBER / AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHERS; stamped lower right: COPYRIGHT On printed label, verso upper 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), 228. ProvenanceGift of the artist
Exhibition HistoryShooting Southern: Women Photographers Past and Present, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, April 30, 2010 - July 18, 2010
DescriptionYoung man with dark eyes and freckles, holding knees while sitting in a body profile with face turned to look at photographer


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