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Shackleford Island, North Carolina, 1972
Shackleford Island, North Carolina, 1972

Shackleford Island, North Carolina, 1972

Artist Caroline Vaughan American, born 1949
Date1972
MediumGelatin-silver print
Dimensionsheight and width (paper): 6 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (16.5 × 26 cm)
image: 5 5/16 × 7 7/8 in. (13.5 × 20 cm)
frame: 16 1/4 × 20 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (41.3 × 51.8 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the William R. Roberson Jr. and Frances M. Roberson Endowed Fund for North Carolina Art, and partial gift of the artist
Object number2004.11.11
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated Shackleford Island, NC, 1972; collection of the artist; sold to NCMA (and partial gift of the artist), 2004.Published ReferencesQuartet: Four North Carolina Photographers (New London, NH and Asheville, NC: Safe Harbor Books, 2005), illustrated, unnumbered page.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Contemporary NC Photography from the Museum's Collection," (part 2) November 19, 2006-February 18, 2007.

Winston-Salem, NC, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), "Contemporary North Carolina Photographs from the North Carolina Museum of Art," October 28, 2007-March 2, 2008.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Close to Home,” February 14–August 10, 2014.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Panorama: North Carolina,” October 8, 2016–February 12, 2017.
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