Flags

Series TitleNewspaper Diary

Artist Joanne Leonard (American, born 1940)

DateOctober 10, 2012

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsImage: 12 × 18 1/2 inches (30.48 × 46.99 cm)
Sheet: 12 15/16 × 19 inches (32.84 × 48.26 cm)

Credit LineGift of Joanne Leonard

Object number2017.41.4

SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: [signature] / “signed 2017”

InscribedTitled and dated on sheet verso, lower left corner, in pencil: “From Newspaper Diary Series / Flags c.2012”

Markings[Pencil inscription erased but slightly visible on sheet verso, lower right corner]

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DescriptionImage of an open book with Robert Frank’s photograph reproduced on the right; it is an image of two women standing at their windows with an American Flag flying between them. On the left, a newspaper article from the New York Times shows an image of a young boy smiling behind a barrier while he stands in between the arms of an adult holding an American flag.Provenance

Provenance

Joanne Leonard, Ann Arbor, Michigan;

her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2017.

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