Pictus Interruptus (79 DA)

Ray K. Metzker

1979

  • Titles Pictus Interruptus (79 DA) (Proper)
  • Artist Ray K. Metzker, 1931 - 2014
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in. (27.6 × 35.4 cm) image: 8 9/16 × 12 3/8 in. (21.8 × 31.5 cm) mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of John Hagefstration, AFI.148.2020, image © Estate of Ray K. Metzker
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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