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White Fence and Beyond

Artist Walter Chappell (American, 1925 - 2000)
Date1958
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 11/16 × 9 11/16 inches (19.53 × 24.61 cm)
Mount: 16 × 19 3/8 inches (40.64 × 49.21 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.9
SignedSigned and dated on mount recto, lower right, in black pen: “Walter Chappell 1958”
InscribedOn mount verso, center, in pencil: “”White Fence and Beyond” / Walter Chappell / 900 East Avenue / Rochester 7.N.Y. / $20.00”; Inscription on mount verso, center, in black pen: “For Nathan Lyons / Your Birthday 1959 January / and on it will go / year upon year / my best wishes, [signature]”
MarkingsOn mount verso, center, in pencil: “3-45”; On mount verso, top of left edge, in pencil: “45=3”.
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DescriptionImage of uneven picket fence posts with faded and peeling paint. Background dark with white and gray stains.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Walter Chappell Archive / Aryan Chappell
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