Larry Silver

Headstand, Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, Calif.
1954, printed 1990

A black and white photograph of a man standing on a sandy beach, holding another man upside down above his head. The man being lifted is in a handstand position, supported by the standing man's outstretched arms. Both men are wearing shorts, and the background shows a clear sky and the hint of a beach environment.
A black and white photograph of a man standing on a sandy beach, holding another man upside down above his head. The man being lifted is in a handstand position, supported by the standing man's outstretched arms. Both men are wearing shorts, and the background shows a clear sky and the hint of a beach environment.

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Date
1954, printed 1990

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm) Image: 9 5/16 × 7 7/16in. (23.7 × 18.9 cm)

Accession number
2007.209

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Bruce Silverstein

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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artworks/33058

Larry Silver
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