Wood Eagle Formerly Over the Gate of Old Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, Carved by One of the Soldiers. “Tramp-Art” Frame Painted Gold

Wood Eagle Formerly Over the Gate of Old Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, Carved by One of the Soldiers. “Tramp-Art” Frame Painted Gold

Photograph

Harold Allen

Maker
American, 1912–1998

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Wood Eagle Formerly Over the Gate of Old Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, Carved by One of the Soldiers. “Tramp-Art” Frame Painted Gold

From Crackerjacks, Graduate Photography Portfolio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago


1977
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 5/16 × 10 7/16 in. (28.7 × 26.5 cm)
Paper: 14 × 10 13/16 in. (35.5 × 27.5 cm)
Purchase with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts
1978.0984.0017
Inscriptions Stamped on verso, TL: WOODEN EAGLE FORMERLY OVER THE GATE OF OLD FORT WINNEBAGO, WISCONSIN. CARVED BY ONE OF THE SOLDIERS. \ [three red stars] \ "TRAMP-ART" FRAME, PAINTED GOLD.
Signed in ink on verso, TL: Harold Allen
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