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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
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