Richard Avedon's "Daughters of American Revolution" at the Black Forest Inn
Richard Avedon exhibited this print in his 1970 solo show at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. then gave it to the Black Forest Inn where it continues to hang in the bar. Christy DeSmith described in a local alternate paper, The Rake what happened in 1986:
...Ellis Nelson, a regular at the bar, was sitting on his favorite stool when he pulled out a revolver and opened fire on the photograph. “That was a wild day,” remembers Erich, who was walking his wife and infant son through the parking lot when the shooting occurred. “People came running out of every hole in the place shouting ‘He’s got a gun! He’s got a gun!’ and I said to myself, ‘Ellis, this time you really did it.’” When police later questioned the shooter, trying to uncover a motive, Nelson was reported to have answered, “That photo always bugged the hell out of me.” Commentsmagnus.eisengrim
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Edna Barney
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Ellis Nelson had some principles of sorts; he didn't shoot the DAR lady in the back.
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