Figures for a Fair
Photograph
Figures for a Fair
ca. 1980
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (30.3 × 25.2 cm)
Gift of Jonathan Levine, 2024
2024.0041.0032
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on paper taped to verso and folded to recto BC: FIGURES FOR A FAIR -- Designer-sculpture Joseph Barth III works on one of his less \ controversial creations for the New Orleans World's Fair, opening May 12 -- a fancifal \ catfish that along with other creatures such as the huge pelican in the background, \ will adorn the exposition's main entrance gate. In the meantime, and anotomical battle \ is raging in New Orleans with fair officials defending the gate's central figures, a pair \ of topless 30-foot-high mermaids now taking shape in Barth's studio. Critics want a \ coverup. The sculptor says, "If they're upset about the upper torso, wait until they \ see the rest!" \ -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: FIGURES FOR A FAIR \ Neg. No.: LWE 5-R1-50 \ 12484
Printed on verso OA: THIS PAPER \ MANUFACTURED \ BY KODAK
Printed on verso OA: THIS PAPER \ MANUFACTURED \ BY KODAK
