Object number2016.34.31

Before Dawn

Date1984

Artist Joel Meyerowitz (American, born 1938)

CultureAmerican

MediumChromogenic contact print

DimensionsSight: 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (19.7 x 24.8 cm)
Sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Stephen Nicholas

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 in blue ink: #3 40 14 0 6.8sec. f/11 9-27-1; lower left edge [vertically] in red ink: 3330; lower left in black ink: Before dawn 1984

DescriptionColor image of a purple-pink predawn sky with the ocean below as the tide comes further towards the shore. Lights of a town are visible on the left side of the horizon line and early light peaks through the holes in the clouded sky.

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