Pat Sabatine's Twelfth Birthday Party, Martins Creek, Pennsylvania

May 1981

Larry Fink

Associated Names
Larry Fink

Artist, American, 1941 - 2023

The image shows a person's upper body, primarily focusing on their back and hand. The person is facing a wall and turning slightly sideways, with their right hand gripping a floral curtain that is partially pulled back. Their facial features are not visible as the person is looking away from the viewer. The individual has short, neatly combed hair and is dressed in a long-sleeved shirt with a smooth texture. There is no visible jewelry or objects besides the curtain. The background shows a textured wall and a glimpse of another room through the drawn curtain, which is patterned with floral designs, contrasting with the plain wall.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Tony Podesta Collection, Washington, DC

  • Dimensions

    image: 35 × 35.7 cm (13 3/4 × 14 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.5 × 40.4 cm (19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.33.29

  • 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: 72.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower left in graphite: Fink; by unknown hand, top left in graphite: LF-519-080-v01; lower left in graphite: 17; possibly by artist, lower left in graphite perpendicular: 29 LF

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