Double Frame, Building and Grate, Philadelphia (65 LX-37/38)

Ray K. Metzker

1965

  • Titles Double Frame, Building and Grate, Philadelphia (65 LX-37/38) (Proper)
  • Artist Ray K. Metzker, 1931 - 2014
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in. (25.2 × 20 cm) image: 9 × 4 7/8 in. (22.9 × 12.4 cm) mat: 14 1/2 × 12 in. (36.8 × 30.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of John Hagefstration, AFI.175.2020, image © Estate of Ray K. Metzker
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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