Photograph Out of Context #7

Dean Dablow (b. 1946)

Date

1980
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Object Format

Diptych
Dimensions

Image: 3 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.
Sheet: 5 15/16 x 15 11/16 in.
Inscriptions

Sheet Recto:
l.l. to l.r. in ink [left image]: THE HINDQUARTERS OF A LION SCULPTURE IN NAUVOO, ILLINOIS \ WHERE MORMONS ONCE ESTABLISHED THE LARGEST CITY IN THE \ STATE. THE LION WAS ONCE AN ADORNMENT FOR THE CHURCH.
l.l. to l.r. in ink [right image]: FROM A HISTORY BOOK OF THE FAR EAST, "...THE CULTURE HAS \ FOR CENTURIES WORSHIPED THE PHALLUS AS A SOURCE OF \ FERTILITY. THIS EXAMPLE OF PHALLIC ICON WAS FOUND AT \ THE ENTRANCE TO A ROCK GARDEN."
l.r.signed and dated in ink [right image]: Dablow 1980
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the Society for Photographic Education, South Central Region
Accession Number

P1983.31.3
Copyright

© 1980 Dean Dablow

Location: Off view

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