Object number2018.46.5

Longnook

Date1976

Artist Joel Meyerowitz (American, born 1938)

CultureAmerican

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (19.4 x 19.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Howard Greenberg

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: 35 41 4/10 +10 #228 F2[circled]; lower center: Longnook 1976 [signature] / F cropped light leak; by unidentified hand, lower center edge: PF 138294

DescriptionColor image of a sandy beach with beach goers. At center a man supports his body upright with his forearms and next to him two children attempt to do the same while onlookers at right watch. In the background is the water and above is a sky with thin wispy clouds.

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