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Sheila Pinkel
Organic Lightwork1978, printed 1978

Not on view
Black and white photograph combining a human hand and ear into a snail silhouette, with fine palm lines and ear ridges forming the shell, on a gray background

Sheila Pinkel, Organic Lightwork, 1978, printed 1978, 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
Sheila Pinkel
Title
Organic Lightwork
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1978, printed 1978
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 10 15/16 × 14 1/16 in. (27.78 × 35.72 cm) Primary support: 10 15/16 × 14 1/16 in. (27.78 × 35.72 cm) Mat: 16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.64 × 50.64 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1587
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Sheila Pinkel