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Dave Heath
New York City (Young Couple Kissing)1962, printed 1962

Not on view
High-contrast black and white photograph of a face in close profile, eyes closed, with a second figure pressed close in near-darkness

Dave Heath, New York City (Young Couple Kissing), 1962, printed 1962, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Dave Heath
American, 1931 - 2016
Title
New York City (Young Couple Kissing)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1962, printed 1962
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 6 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (17.15 × 19.69 cm) Primary support: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.24 × 27.78 cm) Mat: 16 × 14 15/16 in. (40.64 × 37.94 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1025
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt. See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.
Copyright
© Howard Greenberg Gallery and Stephen Bulger Gallery