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Eileen Cowin
Based on a True Story1993

Not on view
Six-panel black and white photograph print, extreme close-ups of hands, a face, a reclining figure, and a small rectangular object against deep black backgrounds
Artist or Maker
Eileen Cowin
United States, New York, Brooklyn, born 1947
Title
Based on a True Story
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1993
Medium
Inkjet print (dye based)
Dimensions
Image: 7 7/8 × 16 in. (20 × 40.64 cm) Primary support: 14 7/8 × 22 1/4 in. (37.78 × 56.52 cm) Secondary support: 16 5/16 × 23 3/4 in. (41.43 × 60.33 cm)
Credit Line
"photo l.a." Fund
Accession Number
AC1993.55.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
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