Susan Felter
Purple Cowboy

Purple Cowboy
Purple Cowboy
Purple Cowboy
ArtistAmerican, born 1945
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Purple Cowboy
  • from the series Rodeo
Date1979, printed 1980–1981
PlaceUnited States
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 16 7/8 × 12 7/8 in. (42.9 × 32.7 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.6 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of T. Fuller Pentecost and Dr. Aubert C. Dykes
Object number2003.170
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink, lower right below image: "Susan Felter '79 ©"
Typed labels on verso lower left:
"Purple cowboy w/lasso / (Vallejo) / 1979 portrait"
"Photograph By: / Susan Felter / 4250 Horton St. / Emeryville, Ca. 94608"

Typed label on verso mat:
"SUSAN FELTER / "PURPLE COWBOY", 1979 / TYPE "C" PRINT / LIMITED ED. OF 25 / $300.00"

Exhibition label on verso mat from the Robert Samuels Gallery, New York.

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