Front Porch

Artist Julie Blackmon (American, born 1966)

Date2005

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsImage: 31 3/4 × 31 3/4 inches (80.65 × 80.65 cm)
Sheet and mount: 32 × 32 inches (81.28 × 81.28 cm)

Credit LineGift of Susan Steinhauser and Daniel Greenberg

Object number2018.69.8

SignedSigned on mount verso, center, in black pen: "Julie Blackmon"

InscribedTitled, dated, and editioned on mount verso, center, in black pen: "Front Porch, '05 / #2/10".

Markingsnone

Edition/State/Proofed. 2/10

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DescriptionImage of a porch with two arched openings above a surrounding ledge. A shirtless young boy stands on the ledge as he holds out a red lightsaber. At the far end of the porch, a young woman seated on a porch swing touches the belly of a woman standing in profile with her shirt raised up. Partially cropped from view in the lower right corner is a woman seated in a rocking chair reading the newspaper. In the middle of the porch are several small children: one boy plays with wooden blocks and action figures, a child wearing only a diaper leans on a small table and looks towards the viewer, and a child seated in the middle of the rug holds a snack in her left hand and turns to look at a girl wearing a red plaid dress with her arms behind her head. There is a plate of strawberries and a glass of milk on the round table near the left edge of the frame; an orange and white cat is seated below the table.Provenance

Provenance

Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Newbury Park, CA;

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

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