Ralph Gibson

Untitled
1969

A high-contrast black and white photograph depicting a partially open door from which a hand is visible, reaching out as if to push the door open further. Sunlight streams through the gap, casting a sharp shadow of the hand on the adjacent wall and creating a dramatic interplay of light and shadow in the scene.

A high-contrast black and white photograph depicting a partially open door from which a hand is visible, reaching out as if to push the door open further. Sunlight streams through the gap, casting a sharp shadow of the hand on the adjacent wall and creating a dramatic interplay of light and shadow in the scene.

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Date
1969

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm) Image: 12 5/8 × 8 7/16in. (32.1 × 21.4 cm)

Accession number
94.177

Series
The Somnambulist

Edition
4/25

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Merritt

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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