Untitled (Oysters)
Untitled (Oysters)

© Emmet Gowin

Untitled (Oysters)
Untitled (Oysters)

Currently not on view

Untitled (Oysters),

1979, printed 1980

Emmet Gowin, born 1941, Danville, VA; active Princeton, NJ
2016-75

Information

Title
Untitled (Oysters)
Dates

1979, printed 1980

Maker
Emmet Gowin
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
20.3 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Michael Parish, Class of 1965
Object Number
2016-75
Signatures
Titled, dated and signed in graphite on verso, lower center: UNTITLED, 1979 (OYSTERS) Emmet Gowin 1980
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Materials
photographic paper, gelatin, photographic gelatin
Techniques
black-and-white photography
Subject
still lifes, details, oysters

The artist; acquired by J. Michael Parish; given to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016.

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