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Louisiana

Artist Paul Graham (English, born 1956)
Date2005; printed 2015
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsFramed (12 photographs): 33 3/8 × 266 × 1 1/2 inches (84.77 × 675.64 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.86.1-12
SignedSigned on label attached to mount verso on panel a, bottom, in black marker: "Paul Graham"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 4/5 + 2 A.P.s
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DescriptionThis sequence of photographs consists of twelve images and begins with a man and an orange cat walking on a dirt path towards the camera. The path is flanked on either side with green grass and tiny blooming white flowers. In the background there is an elevated highway crossing over an industrial area. In the following images, the location is the same, but they are printed in various sizes with alternating horizontal and vertical formats and differing perspectives. In the final image, the man is shown from behind carrying the cat under his arm as he walks towards the "Aloha Motel" where another man in a striped shirt stands facing him. At the bottom of the image, the dirt path leads to the parking lot.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Paul Graham
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