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State Fair
Artist
Stevan Dohanos
(American, 1907-1994)
Date1948
Mediumwood engraving
Dimensionsimage: 12 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (32.4 × 22.5 cm)
sheet: 16 3/4 × 13 in. (42.5 × 33 cm)
mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
sheet: 16 3/4 × 13 in. (42.5 × 33 cm)
mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineArt Auction Fund
Exhibition History"36 Regionalist prints from the KIA," Dennos Museum Center (Sept. 8 - Nov. 24, 1996), Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI (May 17 - July 13, 1997), Midland Center for the Arts (Aug. 2 - Sept. 21, 1997).
"Familiar Surroundings," KIA Long Gallery (Dec. 18, 2010 - Apr. 10, 2011).Label TextDohanos called himself “an American realist” and was known for his remarkable ability to reveal beauty, humor and visual interest in the most common place subjects. State Fair focuses on one of the central dramas of any fair – the final moments in the competition for best steer. The viewer, however, sees the action from the inside of a chicken coop, from which the blue ribbon winner has fled, leaving her ribbons, a few feathers and a very impressive egg.
