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Series Title: Social Graces

Pat Sabatine’s Twelfth Birthday Party, May 1981

1981

Larry Fink

(American, 1941–2023)
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Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
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.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz in honor of Barbara Tannenbaum 2012.463.51
Copyright
© Larry Fink
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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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.
A square black-and-white photograph depicts people with light skin tones gathered around a table. On our left, an older woman with a cigarette in her mouth leans toward a dark cake. On our right, a boy in a skull-patterned t-shirt slices the cake. Others watch from behind. Glass jars, cans, and an ashtray clutter the foreground. A framed picture and curtained window hang on the wall in the background.

Pat Sabatine’s Twelfth Birthday Party, May 1981

1981

Larry Fink

(American, 1941–2023)
America

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