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Two Kids in Front of Jax Beer, Mississippi (Primary Title)

Shawn W. Walker, American, born 1940 (Artist)

1967
American
Photographs
Works On Paper
Gelatin silver print
Modern and Contemporary Art
Sheet (flush-mounted): 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.62 cm)
Image: 4 1/2 × 7 in. (11.43 × 17.78 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
2017.132
Not on view
Signed, dated, and copyrighted by the photographer in black ink below image right: “Shawn Walker '04' ©”.
Label with typed printed text affixed on mount verso: "FOTOS by SHAWN WALKER". Cataloging label in typed printed text, with inscriptions in an unidentified hand in black ink within, when noted with single quotations, affixed to mount verso: " W. SHAWN WALKER / Address '1661 Andrews A.V.E.B.X’ / Telephone '294-8445' / Date '9-69' / Place 'Miss. / Title /Essay. No. / Published by. Date. / Gift. / Size. /Date. /Exhibit. Date. / Film 'TRI-X' Exp. Dev. 'D.76' / Paper '4' Exp. Dev. 'DEK.' ".
Annotated and dated by the photographer in black ink below image left: “Mississippi '06s' ".
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment
Working Together: Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop, VMFA, February 1 - June 14, 2020; Whitney Museum of American Art, November 20, 2020 - March 28, 2021; Cincinnati Art Museum, February - May, 2022; J. Paul Getty Museum, July-October, 2022
© Shawn Walker

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