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Three images are shown side-by-side. An image of a grassy field with trees is surrounded by two images of a person touching their back as they hunch.
Turning 50: Backs
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Turning 50: Backs

Artist Bea Nettles (American, born 1946)
Date1995
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsfrom condition report: 12 x 32 in. (30.5 x 81.3 cm)
from Mimsy: 11 1/2 x 31 3/4 in. (29.2 x 80.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, funds provided by museum visitors
Object number1995.17.16
Collections
Visual DescriptionThree images are shown side-by-side. An image of a grassy field with trees is surrounded by two images of a person touching their back as they hunch.
Three images are displayed side-by-side. The first shows a section of tree trunk, the second shows a person's knees, the third shows an area with a shallow body of water.
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Bea Nettles
1995
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1984
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1984
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Snowman
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1984
A child in a green shirt leans over a wooden boardwalk railing, holding small white flowers out over dark water. A lush, green marshy landscape with bushes and trees stretches into the background under a clear blue sky.
Bridge
Bea Nettles
1984
Three fish figurines rest on rippled white sand alongside small scattered seashells, a fuzzy brown plant, and green sprigs. The fish include a patterned blue-and-white ceramic one, a multi-colored painted one, and a solid yellow leaping one.
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1984
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late 1980's
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