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New York City

Artist Dave Heath (Canadian, born United States, 1931 - 2016)
Date1962
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/4 × 6 13/16 inches (24.77 × 17.32 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.15.4
SignedSigned on mount verso, center, in pencil: "Dave Heath"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in red stamp: "DAVE HEATH / 483 COLUMBUS AVENUE / NEW YORK 24 - EN 2-7928"
InscribedOn mount verso, center, in pencil: "New York City 1962"; On mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "1962"
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "DH100", "SBG-DH-0308-CO / LP252.2"
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionBlurry image of young child in distress with mouth open standing in front of American flag which is hanging vertically on a door behind. Overall image is dark with child's features blown out.Provenance
Purchased from Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
Copyright© Howard Greenberg Gallery and Stephen Bulger Gallery
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