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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Olympics, L.A.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.

Olympics, L.A.

Artist Charles Traub (American, b. 1945)
CultureAmerican
Date1984
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 7/8 × 12 15/16 in. (20 × 32.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Inscribed"CT-3 Charles Traub Olympics" Verso: "Olympics, L.A. '84 6/25" and signed.
Credit LineGift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel
Object number2007.12.110
Not on view
DescriptionThis color print is of an adult man with two boys. All three of them are wearing red and the boys are holding American flags. They look like they are singing the national anthem, the boy in the middle has his hat off and his right hand over this chest.

ProvenanceCollection of Robert B. and Joyce F. Menschel, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel, 2007
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