Dorothy Norman

Carlo Levi, New York
1947, printed 1995

A black and white photograph of a man holding a harmonica to his mouth with his eyes closed, juxtaposed with a smaller image of a swirling abstract painting, all centered on a large white background.
A black and white photograph of a man holding a harmonica to his mouth with his eyes closed, juxtaposed with a smaller image of a swirling abstract painting, all centered on a large white background.

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Date
1947, printed 1995

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 7/8in. (25.1 × 20 cm) Image: 2 15/16 × 3 1/2in. (7.5 × 8.9 cm)

Accession number
96.260

Series
Dorothy Norman: Selected Photographs

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Ronald B. and Susan N. Milch

Rights and reproductions
© 1998 Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona Foundation

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Dorothy Norman
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