Europe (FC 23)

Ray K. Metzker

1960

  • Titles Europe (FC 23) (Proper)
  • Artist Ray K. Metzker, 1931 - 2014
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm) image: 5 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (14.9 × 22.5 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.127.2020, image © Estate of Ray K. Metzker
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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