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Man Near Window

Photograph
1983 (made)
Artist/Maker
Kenneth McGowan (photographer)
Place of origin
United States (made)

A colour photograph depicting a semi-naked man standing on a ledge in front of a large window.


Object details

Category
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
Titles
  • Man Near Window (assigned by artist)
  • 20/20 (series title)
Materials and techniques
Cibachrome colour photograph
Photographic Paper
Cibachrome
Brief description
Photograph by Kenneth McGowan, 'Man Near Window' from the portfolio '20/20', Cibachrome colour photograph, USA, 1983
Physical description
A colour photograph depicting a semi-naked man standing on a ledge in front of a large window.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.1cm
  • Width: 30.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Copy number
56/58
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Man near Window, McGowan 1983' (Signed and inscribed in ink on the back)
  • '57/60' (Numbered)
Object history
This print is from the portfolio '20/20', published in an edition of 58 (of which this is number 56) with catalogue, by the Department of Art, Dickson Art Center, University of California (UCLA), April 1985. The portfolio was devised to contain work by students who had completed the graduate photography programme at UCLA within the last twenty years. It was co-ordinated by Graham Howe and Jack Butler and designed by Karen Bowers with the catalogue introduction by Robert F. Heinecken. The other artists included in the portfolio are Gillian Brown, Jack Butler, Jo Ann Callis, Judy Coleman, Darryl J. Curran, John Divola, William Doherty, Sidney Doniger, Robbert Flick, Jeff Gates, Graham Howe, Paul Knotter, Victor Landweber, Kenneth McGowan, Philip Melnick, Patrick Nagatani, Karen O'Hearn, Pat O'Neill, Sheila Pinkel, Scott Rankin, Kenneth Shorr and Elfie Wilkins-Nacht.
Subjects depicted
Man
Nude Male
Window
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1266-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
Record URL
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