Ralph Gibson

Picnic, Long Island, New York

1994

Three forks and two knives arranged on red textured napkins and tablecloth.
Three forks and two knives arranged on red textured napkins and tablecloth.

Recto

Not on view

Date
1994

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Chromogenic print

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 × 15 15/16 in. (50.8 × 40.5 cm) Image: 17 15/16 × 12 in. (45.6 × 30.5 cm) Overall (mat): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)

Accession number
2003.417.7

Credit line
Gift of Ronald B. and Susan N. Milch

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/20560

Part of a series:
Seen While Dining
8 works

A tasseled rope tieback holds a brown curtain closed beside a window.
Striped red and orange curtain partly open revealing a chalkboard menu behind a turquoise doorframe.
A tall stack of white plates sits next to a bin of crushed ice on a counter.
Blue and yellow striped mooring pole beside a blurred gondola on a Venetian canal.
Three forks and two knives arranged on red textured napkins and tablecloth.
Hotel bellhop in uniform standing behind diamond-patterned frosted glass door.
A close-up of a weathered metal bucket with a round ring handle and a red cloth draped.
Two baguettes rest on a glass shelf above several wine bottles.


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