Bookspine
Bookspine

Currently not on view

Bookspine,

1980

Lew Thomas, 1932–2021, born San Francisco, CA; died Petaluma, CA
x1982-32

Information

Title
Bookspine
Dates

1980

Maker
Lew Thomas
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 57.5 x 47.5 cm. (22 5/8 x 18 11/16 in.) sheet: 60.6 x 50.6 cm. (23 7/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of UFA and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Object Number
x1982-32
Signatures
Signed, dated, and titled in graphite, verso, lower left: Lew Thomas, 1980, Bookspine.
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Subject
stripes, books, spines

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