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"Environmental Portraiture" Adams Students, Church Bowl, Yosemite
"Environmental Portraiture" Adams Students, Church Bowl, Yosemite

"Environmental Portraiture" Adams Students, Church Bowl, Yosemite

Artist David Vestal (American, 1924 - 2013)
DateJune 1967
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 13 7/16 × 9 inches (34.09 × 22.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Jack and Judy Stern
Object number2018.63.88
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink: "david vestal / all rights reserved / negative no. / [faded]...nt no."; On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "David Vestal".
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: ""ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITURE" / ADAMS STUDENTS, CHURCH BOWL / YOSEMITE, 6/1967"; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "PRINT / 8/26/1967".
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "715"; On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "CAT CA67-715-3203-914", "rmg25370"; On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "6729-864 / AA 179"; On sheet verso, bototm, in pencil: "6729-864 AA/179".
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DescriptionImage taken from above looking down on a tree, a boy with a checkered hat resting on a large rock below, and a photographer taking a picture under a dark cloth.Provenance

Dr. Jack and Judy Stern, Rye, NY;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.

Copyright© Estate of David Vestal
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