John Coplans

Three-quarter Back, Hands Clasped
1986

Black and white photograph of a person's lower body from the side, with their hand clasping their opposite arm's elbow behind their back, against a blank background. The image has a white border with a signature at the bottom right corner.
Black and white photograph of a person's lower body from the side, with their hand clasping their opposite arm's elbow behind their back, against a blank background. The image has a white border with a signature at the bottom right corner.

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Date
1986

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid)

Dimensions
Sheet: 4 3/16 × 5 3/16in. (10.6 × 13.2 cm) Image: 3 1/2 × 4 1/2in. (8.9 × 11.4 cm) Mount (board): 13 × 9 7/8in. (33 × 25.1 cm)

Accession number
2000.294

Edition
Unique

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of an anonymous donor

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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