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February 13, 1973

Series TitleSelf-Portrait Series (1972-1973)
Artist Melissa Shook (American, 1939 - 2020)
DateFebruary 13, 1973
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (10.8 × 10.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.20.113
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "Melissa Shook"
InscribedOn sheet recto, lower left, in black pen: "February 13, 1973"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "reprint" [underlined] / Feb. 13th"
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionSelf-portrait of nude woman standing against wall with hands behind back. Image cropped at chest and at knees.Provenance
Purchased from Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
Copyright© Kristina Shook & The Estate of M. Melissa Shook
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