Ray K. Metzker

Couplets: Atlantic City
1969

A black and white photograph displayed within a cream-colored mat board. The photo is split into two sections with the top half showing a person sitting on the ground, holding their head with both hands, and the bottom half depicting another person lying back on the ground with someone leaning over them. Both scenes are set against a stark, light background, creating a high-contrast image.
A black and white photograph displayed within a cream-colored mat board. The photo is split into two sections with the top half showing a person sitting on the ground, holding their head with both hands, and the bottom half depicting another person lying back on the ground with someone leaning over them. Both scenes are set against a stark, light background, creating a high-contrast image.

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Date
1969

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 × 6 1/16in. (22.9 × 15.4 cm) Image: 8 1/2 × 5 1/2in. (21.6 × 14 cm) Mount: 14 1/16 × 11 × 1/16in. (35.7 × 27.9 × 0.2 cm)

Accession number
2017.54

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Saralee G. Fine

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Ray K. Metzker
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