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Al Duca, Boston, 1954

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1954

GUSN

GUSN-194424

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Description

Artist Al Duca is exhaling cigarette smoke in this informal portrait. The knick-knacks on the window ledge behind him are illuminated by exterior light, which is the only light source in the picture.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
artists (visual artists)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC044

Collection Name

Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

Reference Code

PC044.TMP.072

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Reed, Verner, 1923-2006 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Accruals Note

Included in the exhibition, A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972.

Description Level

Item

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