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Headstone, North Dakota

Artist David Plowden (American, born 1932)
Date1971; printed 1995
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 9 7/8 inches (25.55 × 25.07 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sandra S. Plowden
Object number2019.8.19
SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "[signature] 1971"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Headstone / North Dakota"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "GP-1836-S-3 9045004 / 37 f11 1:2"; On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "11/17/95 / 18 [circled]".
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DescriptionImage of capital letters etched into stone; two blades of grass or straw cross diagonally from lower left to upper right.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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