A black-and-white photograph of an elderly White man with a long white beard sitting on a bed in a cozy bedroom holding a banjo with one hand, the other hand around a cat lying next to him.

Scotty with Banjo and Tom

Shelby Lee Adams (b. 1950)

Date

1992
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 14 13/16 x 19 in.
Sheet: 16 x 19 7/8 in.
Edition

5/25
Inscriptions

Sheet Recto:
l.l. titled in graphite: Scotty with Banjo & Tom
l.c. in graphite: 1992 5/25
l.r. signed in graphite: Shelby Lee Adams
Verso:
u.l.c. in graphite: 696C
l.l. in graphite: "Scotty with Banjo & Tom"
l.c. in graphite: 1992 5/25
l.r. in graphite: Shelby Lee Adams
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1995.13.2
Copyright

© 1992 Shelby Lee Adams

Location: Off view

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