Edith and Elijah, Dayton, Ohio

© Emmet Gowin

Edith and Elijah, Dayton, Ohio

Currently not on view

Edith and Elijah, Dayton, Ohio,

1967, printed before 1973

Emmet Gowin, born 1941, Danville, VA; active Princeton, NJ
2018-193

Information

Title
Edith and Elijah, Dayton, Ohio
Dates

1967, printed before 1973

Maker
Emmet Gowin
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
11.6 × 15.3 cm (4 9/16 × 6 in.) mount: 35.2 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frances Murray and Harold Jones
Object Number
2018-193
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Ohio, Dayton

Signatures
Signed in graphite on verso of mount: Emmet Gowin
Inscription
In graphite on verso of mount: Edith and Elijah, Dayton, Ohio, 1967
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped on verso of mount lower right corner
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
hands, infants, mothers, bathtubs

The artist; acquired by Harold Jones, between 1968-1975; given to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2018.

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