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John Gutmann
Opium Smoker, Dying Girl Abandoned1943, printed later

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Black and white photograph of an elderly man hunched on stone steps holding a long thin pipe, with a young figure seated out of focus in the background

John Gutmann, Opium Smoker, Dying Girl Abandoned, 1943, printed later, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of John Gutmann, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
John Gutmann
Title
Opium Smoker, Dying Girl Abandoned
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1943, printed later
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13 × 10 1/8 in. (33.02 × 25.72 cm) Primary support: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.94 cm) Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John Gutmann
Accession Number
M.2000.44.28
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 1998 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents