Hampton Bays

Artist Joan Liftin (American, 1935 - 2023)

Date1977

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 12 1/16 × 17 15/16 inches (30.63 × 45.54 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 19 7/8 inches (40.64 × 50.47 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2019.39.20

SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in black pen: "Joan Litfin"

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left corner, in black pen: "Hampton Bays, 1977"

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DescriptionImage of the back of a person's head, which is covered with tiny frizzy curls that extend down to cover the back of the person's neck. A row of leafy branches appears in the background and clouds are along the right.Provenance

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Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2019;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.

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