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Register Cliff on Oregon Trail, 2.5 miles from Guernsey, Wyoming
Register Cliff on Oregon Trail, 2.5 miles from Guernsey, Wyoming

Register Cliff on Oregon Trail, 2.5 miles from Guernsey, Wyoming

Artist David Plowden (American, born 1932)
Date1971
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 5/8 × 10 11/16 inches (27 × 27.15 cm)
Mount and mat: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sandra S. Plowden
Object number2019.8.35
SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: [signature]; On mount verso, center, in pencil: "DAVID PLOWDEN 1971"
InscribedOn mount verso, center, in pencil: "REGISTER ROCK / 2.5 MILES S of GUERYSEY, WYOMING"
MarkingsOn mount verso, top, in pencil: "GP-240 1971"; On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "17"; On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "34" [circled].
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DescriptionImage of names, phrases, and dates carved into a cracked and uneven section of stone.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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