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Porthole (the Ship)
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Porthole (the Ship)

Artist Ellen Auerbach (American, born Germany, 1906 - 2004)
Date1948
MediumGelatin silver print mounted on paper
Dimensions10 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (26 × 34.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Ann and Sol B. Frank
Object number2021.47.2
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a vintage silver print that depicts a porthole on the side of a worn ship, which fills the frame. Wooden planks, possibly part of a scaffolding, are suspended by rope next to the porthole.