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True Love Wall, Gateshead, Tyneside
True Love Wall, Gateshead, Tyneside

True Love Wall, Gateshead, Tyneside

Artist Chris Killip (Manx, 1946 - 2020)
Date1975; printed 2015
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 1/2 × 20 inches (39.37 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 23 13/16 inches (50.48 × 60.48 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.130
SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Chris Killip 2015"
InscribedInscribed and dated on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "True Love Wall, Gateshead, Tyneside, 1975 / Chris Killip made this print on foma paper on May 27 2015"
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DescriptionImage of man standing on sidewalk as litter blows by; he's looking at a brick wall with the words "True Love" written in chalk.Provenance
 The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Chris Killip Photography Trust / Magnum Photos
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