Shelby Lee Adams
Gracie Holland, Serpent Handling, Happy, Kentucky

Gracie Holland, Serpent Handling, Happy, Kentucky

© Shelby Lee Adams

Gracie Holland, Serpent Handling, Happy, Kentucky
Gracie Holland, Serpent Handling, Happy, Kentucky
ArtistAmerican, born 1950
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Gracie Holland, Serpent Handling, Happy, Kentucky
  • from the series Holiness
Date1986
PlaceHappy, Kentucky, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 3/4 × 9 7/8 in. (32.4 × 25.1 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation
Object number91.1393
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed and signed in pencil below image from left to right: "Gracie Holland - Serpent Handling 86 6/25 Shelby Lee Adams" and at bottom of verso sheet: "Gracie Holland - Serpent Handling 1986 6/25 Shelby Lee Adams".

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