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People's Wall, World's Fair, New York
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People's Wall, World's Fair, New York

Artist Bob Adelman (American, 1930 - 2016)
Date1965; printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 1/4 × 18 1/8 inches (38.74 × 46.04 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 3/4 inches (40.32 × 50.17 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.2
SignedArtist’s stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink: ©Bob Adelman 4200 Post Ave. / Miami Beach, FL 33140 / (305) 672-0236”; Signed on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “Bob Adelman”
InscribedTitled on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “PEOPLE’S WALL WORLD’S FAIR / NYC 1965”
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “PF101089”
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DescriptionImage of neat rows of people seated on bleachers with hands on railing. A variety of people - young, old, joyful, engaged, disinterested - look on towards a spectacle at the World's Fair.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Bob Adelman / Magnum Photos
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