Pittsburg, Kansas
- Photographer
- Sam Fentress, American, born 1955
- Date
- 1997
- Material
- Chromogenic print
- depicts
- Pittsburg, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 18 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (47 x 52.1 cm)
sheet: 19 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (50.5 x 60.6 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Sam Fentress
- Rights
- photo © Sam Fentress
- Object Number
- 182:2003
NOTES
In this print, twelve roadside signs quoting the Catholic Hail Mary prayer are grouped together in a grid. St. Louis photographer Sam Fentress recorded the signs in succession while passing through Pittsburg, Kansas. The format of signs may have been inspired by sequentially organized roadside advertisements, which were a common sight for motorists in the mid-20th century. Fentress produced this work as part of his extensive project Bible Road, for which he road tripped across the country, focusing his lens on uniquely American religious expression.
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