Striptease #84 (Philadelphia)

Ray K. Metzker

1969

  • Titles Striptease #84 (Philadelphia) (Proper)
  • Artist Ray K. Metzker, 1931 - 2014
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions image: 18 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (47 × 3.8 cm) mat: 24 15/16 × 6 in. (63.3 × 15.2 cm) sheet: 18 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (47 × 3.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of John Hagefstration, AFI.170.2020, image © Estate of Ray K. Metzker
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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