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Pegasus

Portfolio TitleAmerican Roads
Artist Elaine Mayes (American, born 1936)
Date1972
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 11 15/16 inches (20.16 × 30.32 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 inches (27.78 × 35.4 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 inches (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.1.14
SignedSigned on sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "Elaine Mayes"
InscribedTitled and dated on sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "Pegasus Dec 24, 1972"
MarkingsNumbered on sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "11-12" / "77".
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DescriptionOne of twenty photographs included in American Roads portfolio. Image taken at night of a parked car in front of a dark wall with a glowing pegasus.Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

Copyright© Elaine Mayes
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Michael Becotte
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Steve Fitch
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Henry Wessel Jr.
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