Post Office, Ogallah, Kansas

Artist David Plowden (American, born 1932)

Date1973

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 5/8 × 11 3/8 inches (27 × 28.91 cm)
Mount: 16 × 20 inches (40.64 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Sandra S. Plowden

Object number2019.8.40

SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: [signature]; On mount verso, center, in pencil: "DAVID PLOWDEN".

InscribedOn mount verso, center, in pencil: "POST OFFICE / OGALLAH, KANSAS / DP 1973"

MarkingsOn mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "39" [circled]; On mount verso, center, in pencil: "CP-??? (1973)".

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DescriptionImage of facade with a metal post box mounted on a pole outside the door and writing on the window, which reads "US Postal Service Ogallah Kansas 67656".Provenance

Provenance

David Plowden, Winnetka, IL;

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

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