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December 20, 1972

Series TitleSelf-Portrait Series (1972-1973)
Artist Melissa Shook (American, 1939 - 2020)
DateDecember 20, 1972
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 9/16 × 4 1/2 inches (11.58 × 11.43 cm)
Sheet and mount: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.20.249
SignedSigned on mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "Melissa Shook"
InscribedOn sheet recto, lower left, in black pen: "December 20, 1973"
Markingsnone
On View
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DescriptionSelf-portrait of woman leaning on table with hand on spiral notebook. Her face is partially in the shadows.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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