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Detail, School Crossing Sign. Albany, Georgia
Detail, School Crossing Sign. Albany, Georgia

Detail, School Crossing Sign. Albany, Georgia

Former TitleSchool Crossing Sign, Albany, GA
Artist Jim Dow (American, born 1942)
Date1975
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 × 9 5/8 inches (19.53 × 24.46 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 inches (27.94 × 35.38 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.51.49
SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil.
InscribedTitled, dated, and editioned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "SCHOOL CROSSING SIGN, ALBANY, GA. 1975. #1/25"
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/25
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DescriptionImage of a metal sign depicting a smiling man wearing a cap and holding his gloved hand up to signal "stop". The sign is covered in rust spots.Gallery Label

This detail of a metal crossing guard sign is cut in the shape of a smiling traffic cop. His white teeth, pockmarked with rust, appear to be eroding, as do other portions of the man’s cap, face, and whitegloved hand. By emphasizing this deterioration, Dow underscored his interest in cultural fragments in the process of disappearing.

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