Rennie Booher and Edith, Danville, Virginia

1971

Emmet Gowin

Artist, American, born 1941

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.56 × 15.4 cm (6 1/8 × 6 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.3 × 20.32 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.4138


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Emmet Gowin, Newton, PA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York), 1973; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Both Sides of the Street: Celebrating the Corcoran's Photography Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 12 – December 8, 2003

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: emmet gowin; lower left: HGHT; bottom center: RENNIE BOOHER AND EDITH, DANVILLE, VA, 1971; by unknown hand, bottom left circled: 53; bottom left corner: 90 -; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner: 1973.16

Wikidata ID

Q64147360


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