Wonder Bread, Dorchester, Massachusetts

Artist Eugene Richards (American, born 1944)

Date1975

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 12 9/16 × 18 13/16 inches (31.9 × 47.83 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 inches (40.31 × 50.47 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2018.20.21

SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Eugene Richards 1975 / printed 1977"

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Wonder Bread, Dorchester, Mass"

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DescriptionImage of shirtless young boy with arms crossed and raised to cover his face. He stands on a sidewalk littered with shards of broken glass. Advertisements for Wonder Bread are displayed above the brick wall lining the sidewalk.Provenance

Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.

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