Chicken Feathers
Artist
Keith Carter (American, born 1948)American, born 1948
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Chicken Feathers
Date1993
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 7/16 × 15 5/16 in. (39.2 × 38.9 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morganstern in honor of Eleanor D. McMurtrey
Object number94.151
Non exposé
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Published References Reproduced in: "What Were You Thinking" fifteen year anniversary Chicago, IL : Catherine Edelman Gallery, c2002 Hirsch Library: TR 645 .C5 W43 2002 Keith Carter wrote about "Chicken Feathers", 1992: "A small series of elliptical moments. Early Halloween evening on a rural road as it begins to rain. A young skeleton and two hoboes cross the damp crust of a barnyard followed by a few scraggly chickens. I ask the skeleton if I can make a picture of him and his sisters. The drizzle settles in and the light is failing as I fumble for my camera. The children ignore me as they excitedly divide up some sparklers and assorted fireworks. A goat leads several pigs out of the barn, eyeing the proceedings from a distance. The skeleton asks, "Can we light sparklers?" It is only later that I notice they are standing in chicken feathers." Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated in pencil, lower right quadrant, verso: "Keith Carter 1993"
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Unknown Central and South American
1200–1532 AD
Wool and feathers
2001.998.A,.B
Unknown North American
1915–1925
Earthenware with slip
44.68
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Cloth, feathers, mother of pearl, and string
2002.4249
