The Hint That Is A Garden: Siena, Italy. Dedicated to Frederick Sommer

© Emmet Gowin

The Hint That Is A Garden: Siena, Italy. Dedicated to Frederick Sommer

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The Hint That Is A Garden: Siena, Italy. Dedicated to Frederick Sommer,

1975

Emmet Gowin, born 1941, Danville, VA; active Princeton, NJ
x1982-393

Information

Title
The Hint That Is A Garden: Siena, Italy. Dedicated to Frederick Sommer
Dates

1975

Maker
Emmet Gowin
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 19.5 x 24.5 cm. (7 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.) sheet: 20.3 x 25.3 cm. (8 x 9 15/16 in.) mount: 35.1 x 39.3 cm. (13 13/16 x 15 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Saul Reinfeld
Object Number
x1982-393
Place Depicted

Europe, Italy, Siena, Tuscany

Inscription
In graphite on mount, lower right: Siena, Italy 1975 emmett gowin / Dedicatet [sic] to Frederick Sommer: The hint that isa garden
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process, mounting
Subject
Italy, gardens (open spaces), agricultural land, trees, dedications (documents)

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