John Sabatine and Molly at Pat Sabatine's Eleventh Birthday, Martins Creek, Pennsylvania

April 1980

Larry Fink

Associated Names
Larry Fink

Artist, American, 1941 - 2023

The image shows an older man standing while holding a young child. The man has short gray hair and wears a dark baseball cap, a dark shirt with a pen in the front pocket. The child has short hair and wears a party hat with the word "Birthday" on it, dark overalls, and a long-sleeve top. The background includes a kitchen with wooden cabinets, a refrigerator with items on top, and a patterned backsplash. Behind them is a window with sheer curtains. The man is smiling warmly, and the child is looking towards him playfully.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Tony Podesta Collection, Washington, DC

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.6 × 35.4 cm (13 5/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 50 × 50 cm (19 11/16 × 19 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.33.17

  • Copyright

    © The Estate of Larry Fink, Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Larry Fink, Martins Creek, PA; Anthony Podesta Collection, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1984

  • Fink, Larry. Social Graces. New York, 1984: 58.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower left in graphite: Fink; by artist, lower center in graphite: John Sabatine and Molly at Pat Sabatine's Eleventh Birthday / party April 1980; bottom left in graphite: John & Molly; by unknown hand, top right in graphite: C4; lower left stamped in blue ink: Photograph Copyright / Larry Fink; possibly by artist, bottom left in graphite perpendicular: 21 LF

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