Pure Fantasy
Photograph
Pure Fantasy
ca. 1980
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 13/16 × 11 7/8 in. (25 × 30.2 cm)
Gift of Jonathan Levine, 2024
2024.0041.0041
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on paper taped to verso and folded to recto BC: PURE FANTASY -- Thhis gigantic mermaid's face and the huge hands being sculptured by \ Rebecca Rourke will be among the fanciful creations greeting visitors at the main \ entrance to the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition opening May 12 in New Orleans. The \ hands aren't those of the mermaid but of a folkloric alligator wrestler figure called \ the "River Guard" who will protect the 82-acre exposition along the banks of the Miss- \ issippi River. More than 12 million visitors are expected to see the fair over the \ course of its six-month run. \ -0- \ From: John A. DeMilia \ Carl Byoir & Associates, Inc. \ 380 Madison Avenue (212) 986-6100 \ New York, New York 10017 \ For: LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION \ Slug: PURE FANTASY \ Neg. No.: LWE 5-R445 & LWE 5-R4-47 \ 3284
Printed on verso OA: THIS PAPER \ MANUFACTURED \ BY KODAK
Printed on verso OA: THIS PAPER \ MANUFACTURED \ BY KODAK
