Object number1987.53.77

Roman Vishniac's Eyes

Date1958

Artist Rosalie Thorne McKenna (American, 1918-2003)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 4 1/2 x 9 3/16 in. (11.4 x 23.3 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)

Photograph

SignedOn verso, initialed center right in pencil: RMC

InscribedOn verso, by artist, center in pencil: RV XIX O 1958; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.77

MarkingsOn verso, obscured stamp upper center edge: [copyright credit label]; stamped center: ASMP MEMBER / AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHERS; COPYRIGHT On printed label, on verso upper center: © Rollie McKenna / 1 Hancox Street / Stonington, CT 06378 / (203) 535-0110/2126 On typed label, on verso lower center: ROMAN VISHNIAC: RV XIX-0 These are the eyes of Dr. Roman Vishniac, / emminent photomicrobiologist.

BibliographyRosalie Thorne McKenna, Rollie McKenna: A Life in Photography (New York: Knopf, 1991), 185. ProvenanceGift of the artist
DescriptionTwo dark, (blurry) eyes with dark eyebrows with portion of lower brow and upper nose visible

Terms

male

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