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Melons, Palzcuaro, Mexico
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Melons, Palzcuaro, Mexico

Artist Ellen Auerbach (American, born Germany, 1906 - 2004)
Date1955
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 1/16 × 7 3/8 inches (20.47 × 18.75 cm)
Mount: 14 1/16 × 10 15/16 inches (35.71 × 27.76 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Seth and Erin Neubardt
Object number2018.62.13
SignedArtist's stamp and signature on mount verso, center, in black ink with pencil: "PHOTOGRAPH / BY / AUERBACH / Ellen Auerbach"
InscribedNumbered on mount verso, center, in pencil: "1461-3"; Titled and dated on mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "Melons / Palzcuaro, Mexico '55"
MarkingsOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "16"; On mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "196-m101" / "Vintage Print"; On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "RMG64701"; On mouont verso, lower right, in pencil: "M61-3".
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DescriptionImage of smiling little boy seated on fabric bags and holding a cantaloupe; large piles of melons behind him.Provenance

Dr. Seth and Erin Neubardt, Rye, NY;

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

Copyright© Ellen Auerbach Estate
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