Count Oslin's Wedding, Martins Creek, Pennsylvania

October 1978

Larry Fink

Associated Names
Larry Fink

Artist, American, 1941 - 2023

The image shows a young girl in a light-colored outfit standing in a busy restaurant or banquet setting. She is surrounded by seated adults engaged in conversation, with a boy leaning in next to her. The girl has long light-colored hair with a white bow on top. The setting is cluttered with glasses, plates, utensils, and decorations indicating a celebration. People are seated around tables in the dimly lit room, with hanging lights, wall decorations, and an exit sign visible. A reflective window shows a glimpse of the outside landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1982)

  • Dimensions

    image: 37.15 × 37.7 cm (14 5/8 × 14 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.17 × 40.3 cm (19 3/4 × 15 7/8 in.)
    mount: 60.33 × 50.17 cm (23 3/4 × 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.117.11

  • Series Title

    Social Graces

  • Copyright

    © The Estate of Larry Fink, Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Max B. Schwartz, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1982; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • American Images: New Work by Twenty Contemporary Photographers, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 13 – December 2, 1979, organized by the Bell System. Travelled until April 1982.

Bibliography

1979

  • Danese, Renato ed. American Images: New Work by Twenty Contemporary Photographers. Exh. cat. New York, 1979: 102, 214.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, bottom center of mount in graphite: 34B; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right of mount: 1982.3.28; on verso of mount, bottom right: 1982.3.28

Wikidata ID

Q64156196

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