Ralston Crawford

(Egypt, Sculpture of Seated God, Abu Simbal before Aswan Dam was Built)

1962, printed c.1962–1978

A large ancient Egyptian seated stone statue with a damaged face and visible hieroglyphs.
A large ancient Egyptian seated stone statue with a damaged face and visible hieroglyphs.

Ralston Crawford, (Egypt, Sculpture of Seated God, Abu Simbal before Aswan Dam was Built), 1962, printed c.1962–1978. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm) Image: 13 1/4 × 9 in. (33.7 × 22.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchased jointly by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, with funds from the Photography Committee and Sondra Gilman Gonzalez-Falla; and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York 2009.119. © Ralston Crawford Estate / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1962, printed c.1962–1978

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm) Image: 13 1/4 × 9 in. (33.7 × 22.9 cm)

Accession number
2009.119

Credit line
Purchased jointly by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, with funds from the Photography Committee and Sondra Gilman Gonzalez-Falla; and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Rights and reproductions
© Ralston Crawford Estate / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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