Side of Road, Harlan County, Kentucky

Artist David Plowden (American, born 1932)

Date1974; printed 2004

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (24.77 × 24.77 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 inches (35.38 × 27.94 cm)

Credit LineGift of Sandra S. Plowden

Object number2019.8.18

SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "[signature] 1974"

InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "SIde of Road / Harlan County Kentucky"

MarkingsOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "374-953-S-3 - 110 / - 13 f16 [?] 1:2"; On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "12/17/04"; On sheet verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "17" [circled].

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DescriptionImage of a wrecked car on its side with one door open and the top crushed beyond recognition. A blanket of debris covers the ground to the right of the car and a dense forest of barren trees fills the background.Provenance

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David Plowden, Winnetka, IL;

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

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