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Center of town at night after a blizzard, Woodstock, Vermont
Center of town at night after a blizzard, Woodstock, Vermont

Center of town at night after a blizzard, Woodstock, Vermont

Artist Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910 - 1990)
DateMarch 1940; printed 1983
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 13/16 × 11 13/16 inches (22.38 × 30 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 15/16 inches (27.62 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3002
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Marion Post Wolcott"
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Center of town at nite after blizzard, Woodstock, Vt. / '39"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Archivally printed by MPW 1983 / Selenium toned " " 1983"; On sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "ST"; On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "MAT / 16x19"; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "P5.127.002.87", "PF2898".
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DescriptionGelatin silver print of a snowy street.Exhibition History

Night Light: a Survey of 20th Century Night Photography, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 15 - February 12, 1989, The Fine Arts Center/Creekwood, Nashville, TN, February 26 - April 2, 1989, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN, April 23 - June 11, 1989, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, August 6 - September 24, 1989, Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA, February 18 - April 1, 1990, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE, April 29 - June 10, 1990, Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History, Danville, VA, July 8 - August 26, 1990, The Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN, September 23 - November 4, 1990, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT, December 1, 1990 – January 20, 1991, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, February 12 - April 7, 1991, no cat.

Dignity 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.

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