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A color photograph from inside of a blue and green ice cave showing a sliver of blue sky.
A color photograph from inside of a blue and green ice cave showing a sliver of blue sky.

Ice Cave, Scott Base, Ross Island, Antarctica, December 7, 1975

Eliot Porter (1901-1990)

Object Details

  • Date

    1975

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Dye imbibition print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 12 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.
    Mount: 20 x 15 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Mount, Verso:

    u.l. [stamp]: PHOTOGRAPH \ By \ ELIOT PORTER \ No. [in ink]: 75-834 \ [stamp]: Title [in ink]: Ice Cave \ Ross Island \ Antarctica

  • Collection Name

    Eliot Porter Collection

  • Credit Line

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

  • Accession Number

    P1990.51.484.1

  • Copyright

    © 1990 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Additional details

Location: Off view
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