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People Tunnel, J Burton Ayers

Artist David Plowden (American, born 1932)
Date1990
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 15/16 × 9 15/16 inches (27.76 × 25.22 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16 inches (35.56 × 27.76 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sandra S. Plowden
Object number2019.8.20
SignedSigned and on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "[signature] 1990"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: ""people" tunnel J. Burton Ayers"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "1190-757-S-4 / 24 f16 1:30"; On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "7/002 1/19"; On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "19" [circled].
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DescriptionImage of an interior hallway with narrow arched doorways that recede as far as the eye can see. Pools of water gather on the concrete floors. Three metal ledges line the left and right sides of the small room in the foreground.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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