Gwen Akin
Black Turkey

Black Turkey

© Gwen Akin

Black Turkey
Black Turkey
ArtistAmerican, born 1950
ArtistAmerican, born 1945
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Black Turkey
  • from the series Owl Fowl
Date1985
PlaceMontclair, New Jersey, United States
MediumPlatinum/palladium print
DimensionsImage: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Sheet: 20 15/16 × 24 13/16 in. (53.2 × 63 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.341
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Tradition and the Unpredictable: The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Upper Jones and Wiess Galleries; January 16-March 27, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto of sheet in pencil, in margin at UL corner:
1/15
Recto of sheet in pencil, in L margin near bottom, sideways:
40-80-110-10-10-45 min
Verso of mount in pencil, LL corner:
BLACK TURKEY, 1985, 1/15
Verso of mount in pencil, UL corner, sideways:
86.511
SBTA's, recto of sheet in pencil along bottom margin:
1/15 Black Turkey 1/25/85 copyright 1985 Allan J. Ludwig, Gwendolyn Akin

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