Turkeys
Artist
Verner Z. Reed
(American, 1923 - 2006)
CultureAmerican
Date1952
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 7/16 × 6 1/8 in. (24 × 15.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
InscribedVerso: Signed in pencil Verner Reed upper left;
Black ink stamp: Photograph by Verner Z. Reed, Charles River, Mass.;
Written below in pencil: Boston, Mass. 1953;
Various markings and numbers: Ex #10, Neg#C225, Rou? 225, #14;
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, and gift of Drs. Lea and Nancy Wilds
Object number2007.1.3
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print of a sign for turkeys in the window of a grocery store. There is a baby carriage under the sign with a baby in it.ProvenanceDeborah Reed [widow of Verner Reed] Falmouth, Maine; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Gift from the estate of Verner Z. Reed to honor the artist's friendship with Lea Wilds, 2007. Exhibition History"Photographs for Life Magazine," New England College Gallery, Henniker, NH, July 9 - August 13, 1999 "A Retrospective of the Photojournalist," Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT, March - April, 2000 "A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed 1950 - 1972," Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA, August 21, - January 2, 2004. "Let's Go Shopping," Selden Arcade, Norfolk, VA, March 19 - June 8, 2013. Published ReferencesJohn R. Stomberg, _A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed 1950 - 1972_, exh. cat., Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts, 2004
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