Grandpa Goes to Heaven

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Grandpa Goes to Heaven

Creator

Duane Michals

American Photographer · 1932–2026

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Date
1989
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
6bc29f51-ecce-4437-aef3-92d04c138891

Third in a sequence of five photographs titled "Grandpa Goes to Heaven." An older gentleman wearing fairy wings over his pajamas raises one hand in farewell to a young boy facing opposite. The open window next to the older man glows bright white.

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