Philadelphia (63 DX 3)

Ray K. Metzker

1963; printed 2009

  • Titles Philadelphia (63 DX 3) (Proper)
  • Artist Ray K. Metzker, 1931 - 2014
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 1/8 in. (20 × 25.7 cm) image: 7 1/8 × 9 1/16 in. (18.1 × 23 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.128.2020, image © Estate of Ray K. Metzker
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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