Object number2014.35.23

Sally and Hy Meyerowitz, Florida

Date1982

Artist Joel Meyerowitz (American, born 1938)

CultureAmerican

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsSheet: 14 3/16 x 11 in. (36 x 28 cm)
Image: 9 13/16 x 7 7/8 in. (25 x 20 cm)

Credit LineGift from the Michael and Joyce Axelrod collection (Joyce Jacobson, class of 1961)

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

SignedOn verso, signed lower right in ink: Joel Meyerowitz

InscribedOn verso, by artist, upper left edge in ink: 45c 17y 42m 4/12 # 1862 1[circled]; lower center: Sally and Hy Meyerowitz / Florida / [signature] 1982; by an unidentified hand, lower center edge: PF110314; lower right corner 743

DescriptionColor image of an elderly couple, Sally and Hy Meyerowitz, in an embrace. Hy stands behind Sally shirtless and wraps his left arm around her to hold her face as he kisses her cheek with his eyes closed. Sally wears a pink shirt and white skirt and smiles, looking at the camera, as she hold's Hy's left arm.

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