Eleanor Antin

Operation in the Field Hospital
1977

A black and white historical photograph depicting a simulated surgical operation in a makeshift field hospital, with individuals dressed in period-appropriate attire acting as surgeons and medical staff. The scene is set outdoors with a white canvas serving as a backdrop, and the caption "Operation in The Field Hospital" is inscribed below the image.
A black and white historical photograph depicting a simulated surgical operation in a makeshift field hospital, with individuals dressed in period-appropriate attire acting as surgeons and medical staff. The scene is set outdoors with a white canvas serving as a backdrop, and the caption "Operation in The Field Hospital" is inscribed below the image.

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Date
1977

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print mounted on paper, with ink

Dimensions
Mount: 30 3/8 × 22in. (77.2 × 55.9 cm) Sheet (Sight): 9 15/16 × 12in. (25.2 × 30.5 cm)

Accession number
95.68.31

Edition
1/1

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo and the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
Courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York

API
artworks/9780

Part of a series:
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Eleanor Antin
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