Ralph Gibson

Untitled
1986

Black and white photograph of a painting depicting a seated man in 19th-century attire with a book on a table beside him. In the foreground, there are two plaster casts of human feet and a hand, creating a surreal juxtaposition with the painted figure.

Black and white photograph of a painting depicting a seated man in 19th-century attire with a book on a table beside him. In the foreground, there are two plaster casts of human feet and a hand, creating a surreal juxtaposition with the painted figure.

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Date
1986

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm) Image: 12 7/8 × 8 3/8in. (32.7 × 21.3 cm)

Accession number
97.137.3

Edition
19/25

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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Ralph Gibson
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