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Silver See: A Portfolio Of Photography From Los Angeles1977

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Color photograph, torso of a person in a cream-white button-down shirt and loose dark necktie, cropped above the eyes, against a ribbed auburn-red background
Two small color photographs mounted on white paper, both with a purple-violet cast. Left image shows a large domed or curved dark form with a bright light reflection. Right image shows a person's lower body and legs in a dimly lit interior space. Handwritten text in pencil below the photographs.
Two small color photographs mounted on white paper with deckled edges: left image shows a dark, reflective spherical object in purple tones; right image shows a close-up of hands with a blue object against a dark surface, also in purple-tinted tones.
Cyanotype print combining a large-scale close-up of two clasped hands with a curved film strip bearing smaller photographic frames showing groups of people outdoors, rendered entirely in blue and white tones, with a handwritten signature at lower right.
Lithograph in graphite and blue with a bald child figure in profile reaching toward a line-drawn bird on a flat surface; a framed cyanotype-style photograph on a tripod rests against the child's body, reflecting the same scene; blue liquid shapes float in the upper background; small red stamp mark at lower left.
Gelatin silver print of an architectural corner where walls and floor meet, with a diagonal shaft of light creating sharp contrast between deep shadow and bright textured surface.
Mixed-media collage incorporating a torn magazine cover featuring a close-up woman's face with teal eyeshadow and deep red lips; a hand holds a torn flap revealing a dark void, overlaid with white drawn arrows, handwritten cursive annotations, and partial text reading "PLAYS" and "IT HOT"
Gelatin silver print of a coastal scene; a person lies prone on a low breakwater or jetty extending into shallow ocean water, with waves lapping the sandy shore in the foreground and two distant figures visible in the sea under a cloudy sky.
Grainy black and white photograph of a bare rectangular table with two chairs partially visible at left and right, a cord hanging from a wall outlet above, and a door panel in the background.
Gelatin silver print of a snow-covered mountain slope during a blizzard, with ice formations along rock outcroppings and dark conifer and bare deciduous trees in the foreground, fading into a pale gray mist.
Color photograph grid of nine close-up shots, each showing hands holding a rectangular sheet — alternating between terracotta red and white — against a nude torso, arranged in three rows of three.
Gelatin silver print of a crumpled square sheet of paper centered against a neutral gray background, with dramatic raking light highlighting deep folds and creases.
Gelatin silver print of an upholstered chaise longue with tufted back and decorative pillows, beside a floor lamp with branch-form stem, against damask-patterned wallpaper above wood wainscoting.
Gelatin silver print portrait of a woman in a dark short-sleeved shirt, photographed indoors with a bare light bulb glowing behind her head; a chair and table are visible in the shadowed background.
Close-up drawing or photograph of crumpled paper filling the entire composition, rendered in warm sepia tones, with sharp folds radiating from the center and thin white undulating lines traced across the creases.
Photograph of a pale interior wall with soft, diffused rectangular impressions in warm peach, terracotta, and muted lavender tones, a vertical pipe and electrical outlet visible at left.
Lithograph with two side-by-side rectangles on white paper; the left shows the handwritten word "glossy" in white against a black border, the right shows the same word in bold black script on a white ground with thick black border.
Color photograph of a pale blue building facade with three rectangular ochre panels along the top edge, two dark-framed windows at the sides, a central circular porthole opening, and a tan brick base.
Sepia-toned photograph of draped fabric or a flower blossom in close-up, with deep shadows and soft highlights emphasizing folds and organic contours against a dark background.
Gelatin silver print, nighttime landscape of a row of tall palm trees in an open park, dramatically lit from below against a near-black sky, casting long shadows across a grass lawn, with a railing and small figure visible in the background
Black and white photograph of a small nude figure standing in a pool of light at the base of massive, textured rock formations, arms slightly extended, dwarfed by the towering cave walls surrounding them.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Silver See: A Portfolio Of Photography From Los Angeles
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1977
Medium
VARIOUS
Dimensions
Image: VARIOUS; Mat: 20 x 16
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1817.1-.21
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography