Portrait of Space, near Siwa, Egypt
1937, printed 1989
Artist, American, 1907 - 1977
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 30 x 27.7 cm (11 13/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
sheet: 37.1 x 29.8 cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 in.) -
Accession
2000.7.37
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.
Associated Names
Bibliography
2001
The Surrealist and the Photographer: Roland Penrose and Lee Miller. Exh. cat. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Edinburgh, 2001: pl. 75.
Inscriptions
center right verso in graphite: Best wishes to Gill / December '89; lower right: Lee Miller Archives stamp with graphite additions: Anthony Penrose + Suzanna Penrose / c 1989 / "Portrait of Space" 1937
Wikidata ID
Q64157301