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March 19, 1973

Series TitleSelf-Portrait Series (1972-1973)
Artist Melissa Shook (American, 1939 - 2020)
DateMarch 19, 1973
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 1/2 × 4 3/8 inches (11.43 × 11.13 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.20.147
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "Melissa Shook"
InscribedOn sheet recto, lower left, in black pen: "March 19, 1973"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionSelf-portrait of woman with hands spread (palms out) over her face, mouth open, and tongue sticking out.Provenance
Purchased from Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
Copyright© Kristina Shook & The Estate of M. Melissa Shook
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sheet recto overall
Melissa Shook
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2015.20.188
March 30, 1973
Melissa Shook
March 30, 1973
2015.20.164
image overall
Melissa Shook
March 18, 1973
2015.20.145
image overall
Melissa Shook
March 18, 1973
2015.20.146
April 4, 1973
Melissa Shook
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2015.20.169
April 9 or 10, 1973
Melissa Shook
April 9 or 10, 1973
2015.20.172
sheet recto overall
Melissa Shook
April 25, 1973
2015.20.174
image recto overall
Melissa Shook
January 29, 1973
2015.20.98
May 13, 1973
Melissa Shook
May 13, 1973
2015.20.193
sheet recto overall
Melissa Shook
March 26, 1973
2015.20.156
March 30, 1973
Melissa Shook
March 30, 1973
2015.20.165
March 23, 1973
Melissa Shook
March 23, 1973
2015.20.152