Art event participant and installation, Art Institute of Chicago
Date1974
MediumPhotography; color slide in plastic mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (slide height x width): 7/8 × 1 5/16in. (2.2 × 3.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 2 × 2in. (5.1 × 5.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 2 × 2in. (5.1 × 5.1cm)
Classifications(not assigned)
Credit LineGift of Robert Gregson
DescriptionSlide showing a young person in face paint and costume standing front of an installation of objects or pieces of wood painted white. The figure is the possibly the person whose face was being painted in 2015.99.11.41. Their face is painted half black and half in a colorful pattern, and they are wearing a white hooded tunic wrapped with string and black pants. Taken at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Object number2015.99.11.42
CopyrightCopyright held by the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
InscribedStamped in red ink on slide mount: “17”“AUG 74C15”
Handwritten in black ink: “50”
“2150”
Handwritten in black ink on sticker on slide carousel box: "1971 -- Wadsworth / Atheneum / Foam Event / Block Event / Foil Event /
1974 – Art Institute / of Chicago / Young Artists Studio / Yellow Event / Raymond Fund / Events /
1976 – Sidewalk / Playshop / Activity Truck /
1979 – Capital Children’s / Museum / The Living Room /
1971 – WTIC / Ranger Station"NotesDescription note: Presumably this is one of the events that took place at the Art Institute of Chicago, but it's unclear which one.
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