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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2003.272
People
Emmet Gowin, American (Danville, Virginia born 1941)
Title
Edith and Isaac, Newtown, Pennsylvania
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1974
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Pennsylvania
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/71470

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16 x 16 cm (6 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
sheet: 25.3 x 20.4 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: verso, center in graphite: Emmet Gowin
  • inscription: yes, verso, graphite, signed, in artist's hand: EDITH AND ISAAC GOWIN. NEW TON, PENNSYLVANIA 1974
    PRINT: 1975
    FOR DAVIS PRATT MARCH 1976
    DEAR DAVIS, IS THIS ONE THE PICTURE YOU WERE THINKING OF? WE APPRECIATE YOUR WARM LETTER, ALTHOUGH IT BE OVER-GENEROUS, IT HAS YOUR MARK, FULL OF FEELING AND RECEPTIVNES. CERTAINLY YOU ARE RARE AMONG - CURATORS. AGAIN WHAT A PLEASURE TO SPEAK WITH YOU AT DINNER - WHAT A RELIEF TO TENSENESS BEFORE THE ACT TOO. IT PLEASES ME THAT YOU THOUGHT WELL OF MY SIMPLE INTUTIVE TALK. WITH WARM AFFECTION AND A HANDSHAKE EMMET
  • inscription: verso, graphite, signed, in artist's hand: Emmet Gowin

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sam Pratt
Copyright
© Emmet Gowin
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
P2003.272
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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