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JFK, Dorchester, Massachusetts

Artist Eugene Richards (American, born 1944)
Date1975
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 18 7/8 × 12 11/16 inches (47.93 × 32.23 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/4 × 15 7/8 inches (50.17 × 40.31 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.20.10
SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Eugene Richards, 1975"
InscribedOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "JFK, Dorchester, Mass."
Markingsnone
On View
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DescriptionImage of a hand holding a matchbook with JFK's image on it. Another matchbook is on the ground next to a metal gate which separates the stained sidewalk from a concrete entry.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Copyright© Eugene Richards
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