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Stellar by Starlight

Artist (American, 1922 - 2005)
Date1986
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage (Each Print): 18 13/16 × 13 1/2 in. (47.8 × 34.3 cm)
Support (Each Print): 8 3/4 × 7 in. (22.2 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jim Holbrook, 2017
Object number2017.7.2a-c
Description#1 – Head and shoulders view of a woman at the bottom of the composition. She is shrouded in fog and bubbles and wearing dangling earrings and a tiara. To her right is a male figure, turned toward her with arms partically raised; he has bubbles on his left shoulder. At upper right and toward the center is a concentration of tiny white dots.
#2 -- Nude woman rising from center of composition, partially shrouded in mist, with arms stretched upward toward corners of page. She is wearing large eyeglasses, a tiara, and earrings. In foreground is back of man’s head at left and three-quarter view of another man’s hand, arm, back and back of head at right.
#3 – Partial figure of a woman seen in profile with upraised right arm and face turned to look at camera. Her hand appears to grasp a flash of light and her body is covered in soap suds. At bottom left is the head of a man with body submerged in water and his hand reaching toward the central figure. Bottom edge of composition is filled with suds and vapor.
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