Camera Obscura Image of El Vedado, Habana, Looking Northwest, Cuba

Abelardo Morell

2002

  • Titles Camera Obscura Image of El Vedado, Habana, Looking Northwest, Cuba (Proper)
  • Artist Abelardo Morell, American, born Cuba, born 1948
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions 50 × 60 in. (127 × 152.4 cm) frame: 61 × 73 5/8 × 2 in. (154.9 × 187 × 5.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase with funds provided by the Photography Guild, 2010.8, image © Abelardo Morell / Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York & Zurich
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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