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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
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