Block Island, from the portfolio Photographs: Rhode Island School of Design
Block Island, from the portfolio Photographs: Rhode Island School of Design

© Alma Davenport

Block Island, from the portfolio Photographs: Rhode Island School of Design
Block Island, from the portfolio Photographs: Rhode Island School of Design

Currently not on view

Block Island, from the portfolio Photographs: Rhode Island School of Design,

1970

Alma Davenport, born 1949, Gary, IN; active Jamestown, RI
1996-202.17

Information

Title
Block Island, from the portfolio Photographs: Rhode Island School of Design
Dates

1970

Maker
Alma Davenport
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 8.6 × 8.3 cm (3 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.) mount: 35.6 × 28.1 cm (14 × 11 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift
Object Number
1996-202.17
Place Made

North America, United States, Rhode Island, Providence

Place Depicted

North America, United States, Rhode Island, Block Island

Marks/Labels/Seals
Portfolio number blindstamped on mount, lower right corner
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
mounting, gelatin silver process
Subject
roads, buildings, sidewalks, lines, power

Block Island

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