Merry Christmas

Artist Ralph Steiner (American, 1899 - 1986)

Date1922; printed 1981

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 2 7/16 × 3 1/16 inches (6.15 × 7.77 cm)
Sheet: 4 1/4 × 5 7/16 inches (10.8 × 13.77 cm)

Credit LineGift of Del and Sharon Zogg in support of the photography collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Object number2020.15.4

SignedOn sheet recto, right edge, in black pen: "Dear Mr. Zogg: / Prints on way to / you. Use brain-surgery skill in / knifing cardboard open - I had to / do some glue-ing. / are you Royal? / There was once a King 2099. / R.St."

InscribedOn sheet recto, lower right, in black pen: "1922-1921"

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DescriptionImage of a storefront window decorated to read "Merry Xmas"; hanging above are banners that advertise Corn Beef for 10 cents and Pork for 25 cents.Provenance

Provenance

Ralph Steiner;
Given by Ralph Steiner to Del Zogg;
Given by Del Zogg to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.

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