Object number2016.34.36
St. Louis
Date1978
Artist
Joel Meyerowitz
(American, born 1938)
CultureAmerican
MediumChromogenic contact print
DimensionsSheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen Nicholas
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn verso, signed lower center in ink: Joel Meyerowitz
InscribedOn verso, by artist, upper left in ink: SL 323-1978; lower center: St. Louis 1978 [signature] 1978
DescriptionColor image of an abandoned two story white building with the lower windows boarded up and window panes missing from the second floor. A relief on the front of the building shows three figures with text below reading "THE COMING OF SAINT LOUIS." A sliver of blue sky and other buildings are visible in the upper quarter. Terms
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