Young couple in a backyard on a summer's day
Artist
Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen(Finnish, born 1948, active England)Finnish, born 1948, active England
CultureFinnish
Titles
- Young couple in a backyard on a summer's day
- from the series Byker
Date1975, printed 2012
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/4 × 15 3/8 in. (26 × 39.1 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (40.3 × 50.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (40.3 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern and Anne Wilkes Tucker
Object number2013.37
Non exposé
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Published References Konttinen, Sirkka-Liisa. Byker, Jonathan Cape Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne. 1983 p. 46 Konttinen, Siirkka-Liisa. Byker, Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1985. p. 46 Konttinen, Siirkka-Liisa. Byker, Bloodaxe/Amberside: Newcastle upon Tyne, 1988. p. 46 (second edition) Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso, inscribed in graphite on lower edge: Byker, 1975 p1287S.LK, Printed by S.LK, 2012, [signature]
Signed in graphite on verso lower right: Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
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