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Salmon Myth

Artist Alden Mason (American, 1919 - 2013)
Publisher The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1979)
Date1994
MediumLithograph on Arches Cover white paper
DimensionsImage: 12 × 7 1/2 inches (30.48 × 19.05 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger
Object number2023.40.43
Edition/State/Proof9/22
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DescriptionThe upper torso of a black and white figure with raised arms against a rubbed pink background. Possibly female: a breast appears next to proper right arm. On her forehead is a medallion with two dancing figures in black. On top of her head she wears a cloth or hat with a salmon on it facing right.Provenance

C. Richard Belger and Evelyn Craft Belger, Kansas City, MO;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.

Copyright© Estate of Alden Mason
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