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Abandoned House For Sale, Public Auction, Rock Island, IL
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Abandoned House For Sale, Public Auction, Rock Island, IL

Artist David Plowden (American, born 1932)
Date2003; printed 2005
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 × 9 3/4 inches (25.4 × 24.77 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (35.38 × 27.76 cm)
Credit LineGift of David and Sandra Plowden
Object number2015.18.3
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "D Plowden 2003"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Abandoned HOuse (for sale public auction] / Rock Island, Illinois"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "903-1282-S-3 <930>/ 19 f16 D 1:2"; On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "1/12/05"; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "51" [circled]
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DescriptionImage of doorway with rotting wood, chipping paint, and sign which reads "FOR SALE PUBLIC AUCTION".
Copyright© David Plowden
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