Edith, Danville, Virginia

© Emmet Gowin

Edith, Danville, Virginia

Currently not on view

Edith, Danville, Virginia,

1971, printed before 1975

Emmet Gowin, born 1941, Danville, VA; active Princeton, NJ
2019-15

Information

Title
Edith, Danville, Virginia
Dates

1971, printed before 1975

Maker
Emmet Gowin
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 15.2 × 15.2 cm (6 × 6 in.) sheet: 25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Kathleen Compton Sherrerd Fund for Acquisitions in American Art
Object Number
2019-15
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Virginia, Danville

Signatures
Signed in graphite on verso: Emmet Gowin
Inscription
In graphite on verso: Edith, Danville Virgina 1971 / enlarged on Azo before 1975
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped on verso lower right corner
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
women, figures (representations), beds (furniture)

The artist; acquired by Harold Jones; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2019.

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