New York

1962, printed 1970s

Garry Winogrand

Associated Names
Garry Winogrand

Artist, American, 1928 - 1984

The image shows an elephant's trunk reaching towards a human hand. The composition features the textured surface of the elephant's trunk extending from the left side towards an outstretched hand on the right. The background consists of stone walls commonly seen in enclosures. The black-and-white effect highlights the textures and forms of the trunk and hand gesture.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.3 × 32.9 cm (8 3/4 × 12 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 28 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.42.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); NGA purchase, 2013.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed and dated by artist, lower left in graphite: Garry Winogrand 1962; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: GW.04.1097.Z; lower right in ink: 6

Wikidata ID

Q64154172

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