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Fire Island, Adger Cowans, 1970
Adger CowansAmerican, 1936

Fire Island

1970 · Photograph · 45.3 × 30.6 cm

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J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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About the work

View of the photographer's elongated shadow on wet sand. The shadow figure wears a brimmed hat and stands with one leg raised and bent at the knee, foot resting on an unknown object on the beach.

J. Paul Getty Museum

Particulars

Accession number
2021.12.5

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PhotographsGelatin silver printPost-war art20th centuryAmerican

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