Object number2014.36.11

Wendy, Ballston Beach

Date1982

Artist Joel Meyerowitz (American, born 1938)

CultureAmerican

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (19.4 x 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 x 14 in. (28 x 35.6 cm)

Credit LineGift from the collection of Noah and Julie Austin, Mill Valley, CA

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

SignedOn verso, signed lower center in ink: Joel Meyerowitz

InscribedOn verso, by artist, upper left edge in ink: 20c8y24M 4/7 # 2112 1[circled]; lower center: Wendy Ballston Beach [signature] 1982; by unidentified hand, lower right corner: 750; lower center edge: PF110321

DescriptionColor image of a woman with red hair laying horizontally on the beach, supporting her head with her hand and smiling directly at the camera. She wears a chevron striped patterned one piece bathing suit. The water is visible behind her and a figure is blurred along the shoreline.

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