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August 1973

Series TitleSelf-Portrait Series (1972-1973)
Artist Melissa Shook (American, 1939 - 2020)
DateAugust 1973
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 3/8 × 4 1/4 inches (11.13 × 10.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.20.226
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "Melissa Shook"
InscribedOn sheet recto, lower left, in black pen: "August 1973"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "2"
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of young girl wearing striped shirt, shorts, and tall socks standing against wall with hands clasped in front.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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