Coy and Friend

Summer 1987

Shelby Lee Adams

Associated Names
Shelby Lee Adams

Artist, American, born 1950

The man, woman, and child are depicted in the image. The man is seated on a wooden chair, wearing denim overalls and a light shirt. The woman stands beside him, wearing a striped shirt and a pleated skirt. A child, shirtless, is seen leaning on the porch railing in the background. Various tools and objects hang on the wooden porch wall. The setting suggests a rural, possibly wooded landscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Artist.)

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.25 × 24.77 cm (12 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 35.56 × 27.94 cm (14 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4415

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Shelby Lee Adams, Salem, MA; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right below image in graphite: Shelby Lee Adams; bottom left below image: Coy + Friend; bottom center below image: 87; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1988.12.1

Wikidata ID

Q64170442

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