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Grain Elevators, Topeka, Kansas

Artist David Plowden (American, born 1932)
Date1968
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 1/4 × 11 1/8 inches (26.04 × 28.27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sandra S. Plowden
Object number2019.8.27
SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "[signature] / [signature] 1968"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "grain elevators / No Topeka Kansas."
MarkingsOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "GFB-68 / 4850 K-3"; On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "26" [circled].
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DescriptionImage of structures with steeply pitched rooflines leading up to tall cylindrical concrete forms. There is a powerline in the grass lower left.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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