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August 7, 1973

Series TitleSelf-Portrait Series (1972-1973)
Artist Melissa Shook (American, 1939 - 2020)
DateAugust 7, 1973
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 5/16 × 4 1/4 inches (10.95 × 10.8 cm)
Sheet and mount: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.20.233
SignedSigned on mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "Melissa Shook"
InscribedOn sheet recto, lower left, in black pen: "August 7, 1973"
MarkingsOn mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "Aug. ?"
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of two young girls playing dress up. One is wearing hat with flowers and fancy gloves while the other is a wearing dress with veil and holding fan in hand.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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