Grave, Catholic Cemetery, Mendocino, California
Untitled [Yosemite Valley]
San Francisco, California
Portrait of Jackson Pollock
Daniel Chester French [1850-1931] in His Studio
Hands of Robert Howard Carving, San Francisco
Untitled [Magazines]
Carl Ferdinand Wimar [1828-1863]
Reginald Marsh [1898-1954] Drawing in His Studio
Easter Sunday
Untitled (Self-Portrait in a Bar)
Yolo Base Line, Measuring Fractional Bar at Fence Stone [George Davidson - Head of Survey Seated in Foreground]
Portrait of Emily [Ellias] Holding a Rose
Orphée [Portrait of Jean Cocteau]
Elbow
Carson and Colorado / Basalt, Nevada
New York City
Dorian Leigh and Maurice Tillet
Detroit
In the Cemetery of the Old Galeres, Scilly Islands
Remanant/The Inventory
Gold Star Mothers
Missouri Ozarks
Untitled (String Hanging from Nail)
Untitled Photogram
Untitled [Man in Window, Chinatown, San Francisco, The Year of the Dragon]
Jardin du Palais Royale
Street in Marion, Alabama
West Front of Zuni [Pueblo]
Shelter Cove [Boats]
Cyclamen
Calaveras [The Original Big Tree]
Thomas Hart Benton [1889-1975] in His Studio
Karl Bodmer [1809-1893]
Untitled [Couple Walking]
Rembrandt Peale [1778-1860]
Carter Inauguration, Washington, D.C.
Thomas Scully [1783-1872]
San Francisco Waterfront
Peace, Peace, But There Is No Peace

Gene Petersen

· Grave, Catholic Cemetery, Mendocino, California · Vintage silver print · 1950

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