Help! Man Overboard!

Artist Michael Bishop (American, 1946 - 2016)

Date1971

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 inches (25.07 × 20.32 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael Bishop

Object number2017.42.23

SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "Michael Bishop 1971"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "M-71-5-10-71 / 1971 print"; On mat recto, inside, upper left corner, in pencil: "11" [circled]; On mat recto, inside, lower right corner, in pencil: "M-71-5-10-71 1971 print".

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DescriptionImage of child's worksheet with dot-to-dot numbers surrounding an illustration of a boy swimming in the water. At the top of the sheet is an image of an odd circular structure composed of abstract shapes and along the bottom is an image resembling the surface of an impact crater. The top of the worksheet reads: "Help! Man Overboard! Oh, poor Tom, overboard and can't swim! Get out your pencil, and save him"Provenance

Provenance

Estate of Michael Bishop;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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