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Roy DeCarava
Image/eye, Sherry1970, printed 1981

Not on view
Black and white photograph, extreme close-up of the right half of a person's face with brown skin and dark coiled hair, soft focus throughout
Artist or Maker
Roy DeCarava
United States, 1919-2009
Title
Image/eye, Sherry
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1970, printed 1981
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 12 × 8 1/16 in. (30.5 × 20.5 cm) Primary support: 12 × 8 1/16 in. (30.5 × 20.5 cm) Secondary support: 18 11/16 × 14 3/4 in. (47.5 × 37.4 cm) Mat: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.638
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.
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews, editors. Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023.
Copyright
© Estate of Roy De Carava