Hand
Artist
Robert Stivers
(American, born 1953)
Date1995
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (16.5 × 14 cm)
Frame: 10 × 9 in. (25.4 × 22.9 cm)
Frame: 10 × 9 in. (25.4 × 22.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Bobbie Foshay, 2017
Object number2017.24.30
DescriptionHuman hand, palm facing viewer and thumb at left, at center of composition, slightly indistinct or out of focus.eMuseum Notes
Splayed
out like a sea star, this human hand is adrift on a sea of black like a
scientific specimen. Though entirely recognizable for what it is, its
separation from an arm and a body heightens our awareness of its structure: the
hollowed palm, tapering fingers, and opposable thumb.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- figures (representations)
- studies (visual works)
