Portfolio '63

Series TitleThe Human Condition

Artist Dave Heath (Canadian, born United States, 1931 - 2016)

Date1964

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsSheet: 13 7/16 × 11 7/16 inches (34.13 × 29.05 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.60.2

SignedSigned and dated on mount verso, center, in black pen: "Dave Heath 1964"

InscribedStamped on mount verso, top, in red ink with black pen: "EDITION 6 SET 3 PLATE 2"

MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: "H438", "NL 71:615: a2"

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DescriptionText page which reads: "By some chance, here they are, all on this earth; / and who shall ever tell the sorrow of being on the earth, lying, on quilts, / on the grass, in a summer evening, among the sounds of the night. / James Agee"Provenance

Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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