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1987.53.47
1987.53.47
Object number1987.53.47

1987.53.47

Date1950
Artist (American, 1918-2003)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 3/4 x 3 15/16 in. (12 x 10 cm)
Sheet: 5 7/8 x 3 15/16 in. (15 x 10 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 left in pencil: RL / #18; by unidentified hands, center: Robert Lowell [in pencil] / 1950 [in ink]; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.47
MarkingsOn verso, partially obscured stamp upper center: PHOTO BY: / ROLLIE McKENNA / [copyright credit label] / With Photo; stamped lower center: ASMP MEMBER / AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHERS; COPYRIGHT On printed label, on verso upper center: © Rollie McKenna, Photographer / 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), 210. ProvenanceGift of the artist
DescriptionThree quarter view of young man in jacket and tie holding a cigarette, leaning against stone wall and looking at photographer with slight smile

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