Emmet Gowin
Peat Blocks Stacked to Dry, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Peat Blocks Stacked to Dry, Isle of Skye, Scotland

© 1972 Emmet Gowin, courtesy Pace Gallery

Peat Blocks Stacked to Dry, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Peat Blocks Stacked to Dry, Isle of Skye, Scotland
ArtistAmerican, born 1941
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Peat Blocks Stacked to Dry, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Date1972
Place depictedIsland of Skye, Scotland
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.3 × 25.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.3 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sharon and Del Zogg in honor of the staff of the MFAH Photography Department
Object number2017.502
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Del and Sharon Zogg, c. 1976; given to MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, recto, bottom right of mat: PEAT BLOCKS STACKED TO DRY // ISLE OF SKYE, SCOTLAND 1972
Signed in pencil, recto, bottom right of mat: Emmet Gowin

Inscribed in pencil, verso, top left edge: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 matt
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top right edge: 2 [circled 25 - 50
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: (TURF) ISLE OF SKYE, SCOTLAND 1972 // emmet gowin [signed]
Signed in pencil, recto, bottom right of mat: Emmet Gowin
Signed in pencil, verso, center: emmet gowin
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