Waitress Smelling Lobster Painting on Sign, Turnabout Diner. US 22, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
Former TitlePainting of Waitress Smelling Lobster, US 22, Phillipsburg, NJ
Artist
Jim Dow
(American, born 1942)
Date1975
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 × 9 11/16 inches (19.99 × 24.61 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 inches (27.94 × 35.38 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 inches (27.94 × 35.38 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.51.37
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "© [signature] 4/15"
InscribedTitled, dated, and editioned on sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "PAINTING OF WAITRESS SMELLING LOBSTER / PHILLIPSBURG, MJ. 1975 #4/25
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 4/25
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DescriptionImage depicting a painting of a woman in profile, dressed as a waitress, smelling a lobster which she carries on a tray.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Copyright© Jim Dow
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