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Frame of Reference Fine Art Gallery, Whitefish, MT

Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

California State University San Bernardino, Palm Desert Campus

Alameda Free Library, All in the Family, Alameda, CA

Berkeley Civic Center Art Exhbition—juried exhibitiion

Fingado Art Gallery, Works on Paper, El Cerrito, CA

Reference Location
St. Louis, MO

Ronnie's Drive In Theatre

Color photo etching and airbrush
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2011
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11" x 16"
Color photo etching of the screen tower of Ronnie's Drive In Theatre in St. Louis, orange lettering under a yellow and blue dusk sky.Color photo etching of the screen tower of Ronnie's Drive In Theatre in St. Louis, orange lettering under a yellow and blue dusk sky.
Part of
Motels & Roadside Signs
Diners, Cafés & Theaters

The screen tower of Ronnie's Drive In Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, its name lettered in orange, rises over an entry building with a COMING ATTRACTIONS sign and arched gate wings. An empty gravel lot fills the foreground, and the sky grades from violet to orange. Edition of 25.

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Grain Elevators & Mills
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