"Fortune Teller" Sign. US 79 & 80, Greenwood, Louisiana
Former TitleFortune Teller Sign, Greenwood, LA
Artist
Jim Dow
(American, born 1942)
Date1975
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 5/8 × 19 9/16 inches (39.7 × 49.68 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 23 15/16 inches (50.95 × 60.78 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 23 15/16 inches (50.95 × 60.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.51.19
SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "© [signature]"
InscribedTitled, dated, and editioned on sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "FORTUNE TELLER SIGN. GREENWOOD, LOUISANA. 1975. #4/25 ptd [printed] 9/99 pp"
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 4/25
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DescriptionImage of a painted sign depicting a open palm with the words "FORTUNE TELLER".ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Copyright© Jim Dow
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