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My Mother Embroidering

Artist Keith Smith (American, born 1938)
DateOctober 1964
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet (irregular): 2 5/8 × 11 5/8 inches (6.67 × 29.53 cm)
Mount: 6 15/16 × 16 inches (17.62 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.156
SignedSigned and dated on mount recto, bottom, in pencil: “Keith A Smith", "October 1964”
InscribedTitled on mount recto, lower left, in pencil: “my mother embroidering”
Markingsnone
On View
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DescriptionLong narrow image contact printed so that edges of negative are present at top and bottom; image of blurred horizontal somewhat uneven streaks of blacks, grays, and whites. White thread is stitch along the top and bottom edges with loose strands at beginning and end of rows.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Keith Smith
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