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Mount Desert, Maine

Artist David Vestal (American, 1924 - 2013)
Date1968
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (13.97 × 20.96 cm)
Sheet: 7 × 10 inches (17.78 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Jack and Judy Stern
Object number2018.63.84
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in pencil: "David Vestal"; Artist's stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink with pencil: "david vestal / all rights reserved / negative no. 6852-22 / print no. P/1044"; Signed on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "David Vestal".
InscribedOn sheet recto, bottom, in pencil: "6852-22 P/1044 MT. DESERT, MAINE, 1968"; On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "MOUNT DESERT, MAINE, 1968"; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "print / 9/29/1968".
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "1176"; On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "CAT ME68-1176-6203-710, "rmg 25313"; On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "6852-22 / P/1044".
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DescriptionImage of a dense forest of trees with light peeking in through leaves at top of frame.Provenance

Dr. Jack and Judy Stern, Rye, NY;

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

Copyright© Estate of David Vestal
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