Effect of chemical fertilizer
Artist
Peter Sekaer
(American, born Denmark, 1901 - 1950)
Dateca. 1938-1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 4 13/16 × 6 11/16 inches (12.22 × 16.99 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.257
SignedAnnotated by photographer’s daughter, Christina Sekaer, on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “this is an original photograph by PETER SEKAER C.1936 / [signature]”
InscribedTitled on sheet verso, top, in pencil: “Effect of chemical fertilizer”
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “PF27725”, “REA”.
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DescriptionImage of man with palms outstreched to show weathered, damaged skin.Exhibition HistoryDignity vs. Despair: Dorothea Lange and the Depression Era Photographers, 1933-1941. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 23 – November 26, 2017, no cat.
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Estate of Peter Sekaer / Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
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Peter Sekaer
ca. 1936-1938
2016.75.259
