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Karen Hirshan
Tracks1994, printed 1994

Not on view
Cyanotype photograph of railroad tracks and a switch mechanism shot at a diagonal angle, in blue-green and cream tones, signed and dated 1974
Artist or Maker
Karen Hirshan
United States
Title
Tracks
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1994, printed 1994
Medium
Dye diffusion thermal transfer print, emulsion transferred
Dimensions
Image: 4 × 2 7/8 in. (10.16 × 7.3 cm) Primary support: 8 3/8 × 5 in. (21.27 × 12.7 cm) Mat: 14 × 11 in. (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1054
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.

Copyright
© Karen Hirshan

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