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Item Ships From: Missouri
American Grit George Brett
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
American Grit George Brett
Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free
Year: 1983
Size: 1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Hippie For Peace
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Hippie For Peace
Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free
Year: 2000s
Size: 8x12in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Art & Copy
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Art & Copy
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1990s
Size: 13x10in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA provided...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
StockYards District KC
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
StockYards District KC
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 12x8in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
C...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink
TWA Hotel Lobby
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
TWA Hotel Lobby
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2021
Size: 7.7x12in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Afghan Haircut
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Afghan Haircut
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 9x8.5in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA prov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Dog on Beach
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Dog on Beach
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1990s
Size: 10x10in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Gnome Journey
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Gnome Journey
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 11x17in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by han...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Dunce Gnome
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Dunce Gnome
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 14x11in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA provide...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Potawatomi Indian
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Potawatomi Indian
Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free
Year: 1987
Size: 8x10in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Tim (Portrait)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Tim (Portrait)
Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free
Year: 2000s
Size: 12x12in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and nu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Punker Chick
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Punker Chick
Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free
Year: 1990s
Size: 14x13in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Contemplating Pin-Ups
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Contemplating Pin-Ups
Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free
Year: 1990s
Size: 12x10in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Homeless
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Homeless
Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free
Year: 1990s
Size: 10x13in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Brian (Portrait)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Brian (Portrait)
Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free
Year: 1980s
Size: 12x8in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Dales Bait
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Dales Bait
Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free
Year: 1990s
Size: 8x11in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbere...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink
Montana Man
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Montana Man
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 8x12in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA provided...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Morning Fog Mailbox
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Morning Fog Mailbox
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2021
Size: 8x12in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Spudhenge
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Spudhenge
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 8.5x9in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Snow Gnome
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Snow Gnome
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 10x12in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA provide...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Braided Hands
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Braided Hands
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 10x11in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA provi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Barn Burner
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Barn Burner
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 9x13.5in
Edition: 10
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA provid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Working Hands
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Working Hands
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 8x12.5in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA prov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Hoopman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Hoopman
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1980s
Size: 10x10in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA provided
Re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Darkhorse Harley Speedster
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Darkhorse Harley Speedster
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 8x15in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Scraper and Ink
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Scraper and Ink
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1980s
Size: 10x9in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA prov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Your Mind’s in the Sewer
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Your Mind’s in the Sewer
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 9x12in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Kaufman Center Dawn
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Kaufman Center Dawn
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 8x12in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Railroad Tracks Kansas City, Kansas
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Railroad Tracks Kansas City, Kansas
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1979
Size: 8x12in
Edition: 15
Signed, dat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Carhenge Horizontal
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Carhenge Horizontal
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 8x12in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Town Topic Hamburgers
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Town Topic Hamburgers
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1980
Size: 8x12in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Carhenge
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Carhenge
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 8x12in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA provided
Re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
DC III Runway
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
DC III Runway
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 8x12in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA provid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Smart Caveman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Smart Caveman
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1990s
Size: 11x12in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA provi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Gnome Darts
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Gnome Darts
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 10x18in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA provide...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Home Sweet Gnome
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Home Sweet Gnome
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 11x12in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Peeping Gnomes
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Peeping Gnomes
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 14x11in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA pro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Ironing out America’s Problems
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Ironing out America’s Problems
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 14x13in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
House on the Hill
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
House on the Hill
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 15x11in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and number...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Powerlines Storm Brewing
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Powerlines Storm Brewing
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 8x12in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Towner (Portrait)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Towner (Portrait)
Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free
Year: 2000s
Size: 10x10in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Hoop Girl
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Hoop Girl
Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free
Year: 2000s
Size: 11x11.2in
Edition: 1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Cara
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Cara
Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free
Year: 2000s
Size: 14x10in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Worship In Songs
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Worship In Songs
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1980s
Size: 13x9in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Kids Leather Jacket
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Kids Leather Jacket
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 10x10in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and number...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Indian Motorcycle Yippee
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Indian Motorcycle Yippee
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1990s
Size: 8x12in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Road to Paradise
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Road to Paradise
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1990s
Size: 8x15in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Shuttlecocks in Snow
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Shuttlecocks in Snow
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 7x12in
Edition: 15
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Road Gnome
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Road Gnome
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 2000s
Size: 11x17in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
Stamped
COA provided...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Copiers All Washed Up
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Copiers All Washed Up
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1990s
Size: 11x12in
Edition: 10
Signed, dated and numbered ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Hand and Diamonds
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros
Hand and Diamonds
Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Year: 1980s
Size: 16x13in
Edition: 12
Signed, dated and numbere...
Category
2010s Contemporary Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Boy with Mirror (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #26)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Michael Mardikes
Boy with Mirror (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #26)
Year: 1956, 2021
Pigment Ink on Archival Paper Photograph
Image Size: 19x13.5 in
Paper Size: 22x17 in
Edition: Unique
Monogrammed by hand
Label signed and numbered by Estate Representative
COA provided by Authorizing Body
Additional COA provided by representing Gallery
Ref.: 924802-909
Image included in the exhibition An Artist at Home in America: Michael Mardikes’ Photographs of Thomas Hart Benton at the Kansas City Public Library (November 20, 2021-May 15, 2022)
One night in late 2020, as Nick Vedros was leaving the home of his Aunt Myrt and Uncle Michael Mardikes, his aunt suddenly asked him, “What are we going to do with all the negatives?” The noted Kansas City photographer was not sure what his 89-year-old aunt was talking about, until she handed him a notebook filled with more than 1000 negatives chronicling Thomas Hart Benton at home and in his studio. They had been filed away for almost seven decades.
This startling discovery was the inspiration for the exhibition, “An Artist at Home in America: Michael Mardikes’ Photographs of Thomas Hart Benton” on view at the Kansas City Public Library Central Library. The exhibition is a must-see, not just for fans of Thomas Hart Benton but for devotees of exemplary photojournalism.
Of the 1,080 photographs Mardikes took, only four had been published in an article he wrote for “This Month in Kansas City” magazine in 1966. The others were never printed, nor was their existence common knowledge. Although Vedros had been aware of his uncle’s assignment with Benton, he was stunned to discover that so much additional material existed.
Vedros, who decided at age 12 to become a photographer himself after seeing his uncle’s work, was determined to organize an exhibition, and was especially interested in doing it as quickly as possible given his uncle’s advanced age and increasing frailty. Collaborating with Dan White, a photographer, master printer and friend since their time together at the University of Missouri journalism school, they selected 34 images to be printed and framed, researching the details with Steve Sitton, the director of the Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio Historic Site.
Michael Mardikes had had a brief career as a commercial photographer before going on to work in management at the Ford Motor Company and later at UMKC. He made the acquaintance of Benton through Eugene Pyle, a former student of Benton’s and Mardikes’ photography instructor at the Art Institute. In 1955, Benton asked Mardikes to photograph him; Mardikes visited Benton 35 to 40 times, over a period of a few months in late 1955 and early 1956. Sitton told Vedros that not only was Mardikes’ amount of access incredible, but that the resulting body of work was unmatched.
As the project progressed, Benton became focused on a mural commission for the River Club in 1956. Henry Adams, preeminent Benton scholar and former curator at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, provided some context for this particular work: “The commission to paint ‘Traders at Westport Landing’ came at a low point in Benton’s career, 1956, and initiated the late phase of Benton’s mural paintings. It was the first of a series of murals depicting the exploration and settlement of the west, which culminated in the Truman Library mural, which was completed in 1962. All these murals feature trading and friendly contact with the Indians, rather than conflict, and are arresting in their bright color and meticulous rendering of carefully researched detail. The River Club, which commissioned ‘Traders at Westport Landing,’ overlooks the Missouri River and has a panoramic view very similar to the one in Benton’s painting.”
This group of black and white photos not only documents the artist’s working process but also reveals other aspects of his daily life: one memorable image reveals Rita Benton massaging her husband’s stiff shoulders after a long day in his studio. Other images show members of the River Club board visiting Benton’s studio to check on the progress of the mural. One charming image captures a candid moment of Rita Benton and Myrt Mardikes as they collaborated in the Benton kitchen making chicken kapama for their husbands.
Nan Chisholm
Nan Chisholm is an art consultant and appraiser of 19th- and 20th-century paintings. After a long association with Sotheby’s, she founded her own business in 2003. She has appeared as a fine art appraiser...
Category
1950s Modern Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Overall with Paintings (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #24)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Michael Mardikes
Overall with Paintings (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #24)
Year: 1956, 2021
Pigment Ink on Archival Paper Photograph
Size: 19x13.5 in
Paper Size: 22x17 in
Edition: 2
Sign...
Category
1950s Modern Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Behind Smoke (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #29)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Michael Mardikes
Behind Smoke (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #29)
Year: 1956, 2021
Archival Pigment Print on Premium Rag
Image Size: 13.5x19 in
Paper Size: 17x22 in
Edition: 7
Monogrammed...
Category
1950s Modern Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
River Club Unveiling Event (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #31)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Michael Mardikes
River Club Unveiling Event (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #31)
Year: 1956, 2021
Pigment Ink on Archival Paper Photograph
Image Size: 13.5x19 in
Paper Size: 17x22 in
Editi...
Category
1950s Modern Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Color Test (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #3)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Michael Mardikes
Color Test (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #3)
Year: 1956, 2021
Pigment Ink on Archival Paper Photograph
Image Size: 9x12 in
Paper Size: 11x14 in...
Category
1950s Modern Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Tom & Rita (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #10)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Michael Mardikes
Tom & Rita (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #10)
Year: 1956, 2021
Pigment Ink on Archival Paper Photograph
Image Size: 14.5x14.5 in
Paper Size: 22x17 in
Edition: Unique
Sig...
Category
1950s Modern Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Overall with Paintings (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #24, Monogrammed)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Michael Mardikes
Overall with Paintings (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #24)
Year: 1956, 2021
Pigment Ink on Archival Paper Photograph
Size: 8.5x12 in
Paper Size: 14x11 in
Edition: 1
Monog...
Category
1950s Naturalistic Missouri - Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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