Little Stevie and the Water Balloon, Pigeon Hill

Series TitlePigeon Hill

Artist Jeffrey A. Wolin (American, born 1951)

Date1988; printed 2013

MediumInkjet print with handwritten ink

DimensionsImage: 15 1/2 × 18 9/16 inches (39.37 × 47.15 cm)
Sheet: 17 × 22 inches (43.18 × 55.88 cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist

Object number2025.92.14

SignedSigned with on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "© Jeffrey A Wolin"

InscribedOn image recto, bottom, in silver pen: ""If I look at this old pic now, I think of how broke we was. I can see my sister's shadow. I don't / really have a memory of the at day or of the balloon busting. Man, I'm under a lot of stress these days!"; On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: ""Little Stevie + The Water Balloon, Pigeon Hill, 1988/2013" 3/8".

Markingsnone

Edition/State/Proofed. 3/8

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DescriptionImage of a shirtless boy standing in profile as a water balloon explodes on his chest. Text is written across the bottom of the image.

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