Edith and Elijah, Danville, Virginia
Emmet Gowin, American, born 1941
1968
Gelatin silver print
Image: 5 5/8 × 7 3/16 in. (14.3 × 18.3 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 10 1/16 in. (20.2 × 25.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hazen, by exchange
2015.17.3
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed, on reverse, lower center, in graphite: Edith and Elijah, Danville, Virginia 1968 / [underlined] / emmet gowin; inscribed, on reverse, lower right: Last; inscribed, on reverse, upper right corner, in graphite: EG.223.3 / for . dartmouth[underlined]; inscribed, on reverse, top edge, left to right: Agfa 2[circled] Sft 8@11 T 2 [illeg.] / [sketch] / f t / [illeg.]
Course History
SART 29.01, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Fall 2022
Exhibition History
Who Cares?- WGSS 30.05 Maid in America: The Politics of Domestic Labor, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 12-August 11, 2024.
Provenance
Pace / MacGill Gallery, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2015.
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