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Farmland Bean Epworth, Iowa

Artist David Plowden (American, born 1932)
Date1981
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/16 × 13 inches (20.47 × 33.02 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/16 × 13 15/16 inches (28.09 × 35.38 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sandra S. Plowden
Object number2019.8.12
SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "[signature] 1981"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Farm Iowa near Epworth, Iowa"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "74" [circled]; On sheet verso, bottom, upside down, in pencil: "881-856-K-4"; On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "11" [circled].
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DescriptionImage taken from across an undulating landscape looking towards a group of buildings (barn, silo, etc) sitting on the horizon line with a few mature trees. The top three-quarters of the image is a clear sky.Provenance

David Plowden, Winnetka, IL;

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

Copyright© David Plowden
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