Place Setting
Place Setting

Currently not on view

Place Setting,

1983

Naomi Savage, 1927–2005; born and died Princeton, NJ
1997-436

Information

Title
Place Setting
Dates

1983

Maker
Naomi Savage
Medium
Gelatin silver print with ink
Dimensions
image: 26 x 33.2 cm. (10 1/4 x 13 1/16 in.) sheet: 27.1 x 34.3 cm. (10 11/16 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Judith H. Alpert
Object Number
1997-436
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription
Signed and dated in pencil, recto lower right corner of image: N Savage 1983 Titled, signed and dated in pencil, verso lower right corner: Place Setting / Naomi Savage 1983 Inscribed in pencil in unknown hand, verso center: No Silver
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver process, black-and-white photographs
Subject
food, hand-painted, hand-painted, utensils, knives (culinary tools), forks, spoons, utensils for consuming food

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