Nudes at the Royalton Hotel

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Artist/Maker	Ellen Von Unwerth (maker)
Place of origin	New York (photographed)

A black and white phonograph depicting two seated females lifting their tops to reveal their breasts.

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Categories	Photographs Advertising Fashion
Object type	Photograph
Title	Nudes at the Royalton Hotel (popular title)
Materials and techniques	Gelatin silver print Photographic Paper Gelatin Silver
Brief description	Photograph by Ellen von Unwerth, 'Nudes at the Royalton Hotel', an advertisement for the Royalton Hotel, New York, gelatin silver print, 1992
Physical description	A black and white phonograph depicting two seated females lifting their tops to reveal their breasts.
Dimensions	Sheet height: 50.5cm Sheet width: 40.5cm Image height: 45.5cm Image width: 30.5cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1997
Marks and inscriptions	Inscribed in graphite on the back '66/36A'
Production	1992. Advertisement for Royalton Hotel, New York
Subjects depicted	Female Nude Fashion
Associations	New York
Bibliographic references	von Unwerth, Ellen. Snaps. New Mexico: Twin Palms Publishers, 1995. Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1997
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.401-1997

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Record created	April 8, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O221824/nudes-at-the-royalton-hotel-photograph-ellen-von-unwerth/

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