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Iris, Dorchester, Massachusetts

Artist Eugene Richards (American, born 1944)
Date1975
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 18 5/8 × 12 7/16 inches (47.32 × 31.55 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 inches (50.47 × 40.31 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.20.9
SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Eugene Richards, 1975"
InscribedOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Iris, Dorchester, Mass."
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of young girl lying on a mattress holding a rooster on her stomach. A shirtless boys hides his face near the corner of the mattress while another child lies on the wood floor.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Copyright© Eugene Richards
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