The ladder was a birthday gift to DeFeo from Wally Hedrick. <br>Photo shows the ladder with two signs affixed, reading: Happy birthding; we luv yoo; frum, lov, luve, Wally <br>Handwritten on verso: my painting ladder (later for the Rose)
Citation:
Jay DeFeo's painting ladder, 195-?. Jay DeFeo papers, circa 1940s-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
Current copyright status is undetermined
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560