Killer Whale (Orca) and Adélie Penguins, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, January 1976

Eliot Porter (1901-1990)

Date

1976
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Dye imbibition print
Dimensions

Image: 6 7/8 x 10 5/16 in.
Mount: 15 x 18 in.
Inscriptions

Mount, Recto:
l.r. signed in graphite [below image]: Eliot Porter
Mount, Verso:
u.l. [stamp]: PHOTOGRAPH \ By \ ELIOT PORTER \ No. [in ink]: Roll 49 no. 35, 1976 \ [stamp]: Title [in ink]: Adelie Penguins and \ Killer whale \ Antarctica
Collection Name

Eliot Porter Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Bequest of the artist
Accession Number

P1990.51.638.1
Copyright

© 1990 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Location: Off view

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