Portrait of Space, near Siwa, Egypt, 1937, printed 1989

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 30 x 27.7 cm (11 13/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

sheet: 37.1 x 29.8 cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel

Accession Number

2000.7.37

Artists / Makers

Lee Miller (artist) American, 1907 - 1977

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Inscription

center right verso in graphite: Best wishes to Gill / December '89; lower right: Lee Miller Archives stamp with graphite additions: Anthony Penrose + Suzanna Penrose / c 1989 / "Portrait of Space" 1937

Provenance

Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Smyth-Ravenel Fund, Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P.

Bibliography

2001: The Surrealist and the Photographer: Roland Penrose and Lee Miller. Exh. cat. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Edinburgh, 2001: pl. 75.