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Max Yavno
Sphinx1979, printed later

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Black and white photograph of the Great Sphinx of Giza seen head-on, dramatically lit from the left, with the Pyramid of Khafre rising directly behind it

Max Yavno, Sphinx, 1979, printed later, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Sue and Albert Dorskind, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Max Yavno
Title
Sphinx
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1979, printed later
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 15 7/16 × 19 5/16 in. (39.21 × 49.05 cm) Primary support: 16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.64 × 50.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Sue and Albert Dorskind
Accession Number
AC1996.165.529
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 1998 Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona Foundation

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