Oslin's Graduation Party, Martins Creek, Pennsylvania

June 1977

Larry Fink

Associated Names
Larry Fink

Artist, American, 1941 - 2023

The image shows a man seated in a chair, holding a child on his lap. Another person, also an adult male, sits closely behind the first man. The man in the chair has short hair and facial hair and is wearing a short-sleeved, striped shirt with patterned pants. The child is positioned sideways on the man's lap with arms raised to their face. A second child stands near them. In the background, there is a table with a bottle, a wall with a schedule and a clock, and a room with furniture and clothes. The lighting is artificial, casting shadows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Tony Podesta Collection, Washington, DC

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.7 × 35.6 cm (13 11/16 × 14 in.)
    sheet: 50.4 × 40.5 cm (19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.33.22

  • 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: 55.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower left in graphite: Fink; by artist, bottom left in graphite: Oslin's Graduation Party 6/77; possibly by artist, lower left in graphite perpendicular: 39 LF 40/37

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