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Roller Skating Couple Painting on Wall. US 190, Hammond, Louisiana
Roller Skating Couple Painting on Wall. US 190, Hammond, Louisiana

Roller Skating Couple Painting on Wall. US 190, Hammond, Louisiana

Former TitleRollerskating Couple Painting, US 190, Diamond, Port Sulphur, LA
Artist Jim Dow (American, born 1942)
Date1977
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 7 15/16 inches (24.61 × 20.14 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 1/2 inches (27.76 × 21.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.51.47
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil.
InscribedTitled, dated, and editioned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "ROLLER SKATING COUPLE PAINTING, US 190, DIAMOND LA 1977 #1/25"
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/25
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DescriptionImage of a painting of a boy and a girl wearing roller skates. They are depicted in simple outlines with broad swaths of paint.Gallery Label

These two smiling, roller-skating teenagers, arms akimbo, are rendered with inaccurate bodily proportions. They nonetheless convey the joy and camaraderie promised from a trip to a local roller rink in Hammond, Louisiana. Dow pictures these subjects with characteristic appreciation for the earnestness of the illustration and a respect for the individuals who painted it.

 

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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