Untitled #15-6 New Orleans May 1, 2006

Kevin Bubriski

2006

  • Titles Untitled #15-6 New Orleans May 1, 2006 (Descriptive)
  • Artist Kevin Bubriski, American, born 1954
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions sheet: 23 7/8 × 20 1/16 in. (60.6 × 51 cm) image: 17 7/8 × 17 5/8 in. (45.4 × 44.8 cm) mat: 29 15/16 × 23 3/4 in. (76 × 60.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of John Hagefstration, 2006.23, image © Kevin Bubriski
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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