The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 20, 2024

Pat Sabatine’s Twelfth Birthday Party, May 1981

Pat Sabatine’s Twelfth Birthday Party, May 1981

1981
(American, 1941–2023)
America, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 24 x 24.5 cm (9 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.8 cm (13 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
Gift of Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz in honor of Barbara Tannenbaum 2012.463.51
© Larry Fink
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Larry Fink’s technique in Social Graces is the same, whether he is photographing in a New York City ballroom or a rural Pennsylvania kitchen.

Description

In these crowded spaces, Larry Fink often must shoot quite close to his subjects. Because the light is limited, he uses a handheld flash, which can be very harsh light. Fink softens that in printing so that the figures are set into relief rather than flattened.
  • Larry Fink (the artist) [1941-]
    Mark Schwartz [1956-2014], Cleveland, OH
    March 4, 2013
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2012.463.51