Edith and Moth Flight
Photograph
2002 (made)
2002 (made)
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Black and white photograph of a woman's head with moths swirling around it, taken with a long exposure so that the moths' paths become lines of various thickness and form (frontal version).
Object details
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| Title | Edith and Moth Flight (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Digital ink jet with Ultachrome ink on Arches cotton paper |
| Brief description | Photograph by Emmet Gowin, 'Edith and Moth Flight', 2002, digital ink jet with Ultrachrome ink on Arches cotton paper (frontal version). |
| Physical description | Black and white photograph of a woman's head with moths swirling around it, taken with a long exposure so that the moths' paths become lines of various thickness and form (frontal version). |
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| Credit line | Purchased through the Cecil Beaton Royalties Fund |
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| Accession number | E.1124-2008 |
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| Record created | January 26, 2010 |
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