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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.34
People
Shelby Lee Adams, American (Hazard, Kentucky born 1950)
Title
The Home Funeral, Leatherwood, Kentucky
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1990
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Kentucky
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/160433

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24.4 x 33.1 cm (9 5/8 x 13 1/16 in.)
sheet: 35.5 x 27.6 cm (14 x 10 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: recto, below image in graphite: Shelby Lee Adams
  • inscription: Yes, recto, below image, graphite, signed, in artist's hand: The Home Funeral 1990 2/25 Shelby Lee Adams
  • stamp: verso, top center, ink: SHELBY LEE ADAMS [over] PHOTOGRAPHY [over] 278 Lafayette St. [over] Salem, MA 01970
  • inscription: Yes, verso, bottom, graphite, signed, in artist's hand: The Home Funeral, Leatherwood, Ky. 1990 2/25 Shelby Lee Adams

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Copyright
© Shelby Lee Adams Archive
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.34
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • A New Kind of Historical Evidence: Photographs from The Carpenter Center Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/06/2005 - 10/30/2005

Verification Level

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