AUSTRALIA II Leads, 1983

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld, Stanley Z.
USA, NY, New York
ca. 1984
emulsion on photographic paper
14 x 11 in.; image: 13 1/2 x 9 in.

14x11 gelatin silver print made from a 5x4 black and white internegative originally made from a 35mm color negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1983. Image of 64' Ben Lexcen designed, Steven Wood built 12 meter class sloop AUSTRALIA II (built 1983 in Australia) leading 63.5' Johan Valentijn designed, Newport Offshore built 12 meter class sloop LIBERTY (built 1983 in Newport, RI) at America's Cup race. Visible in image: starboard quarter view of AUSTRALIA II ahead of LIBERTY (US) on port close reach under marconi-rigged mainsails and genoas. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld, p. 252.

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Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Stanley Z. Rosenfeld photographer