Chicago

Artist Dave Heath (Canadian, born United States, 1931 - 2016)

DateDecember 1965; printed 1966

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 4 5/8 x 7 inches (11.75 x 17.78 cm)
Sheet: 5 x 8 inches (12.7 x 20.32 cm)

Credit LineGift of Elizabeth and Jeffrey Klotz and family

Object number2012.39.12

SignedSignature stamp on back of sheet, lower left, "DAVID HEATH / 205 W. GRAND AVENUE / DAYTON, OHIO 45405"

InscribedStamped and written in black ink on back of sheet, upper left, "Negative Number__________ / Name __________ / Location Chicago / Date Photographed December 1965 / Date of print May 1966 / PROOF PRINT"

MarkingsOn back of sheet, upper right, in pencil "LP552.1" and on back of sheet, lower right, in pencil "DH_094"

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Photography

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DescriptionStreet scene image of an African American man wearing hat, coat, and collared shirt among crowd.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Multitude, Solitude: The Photographs of Dave Heath. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, September 19, 2015 – February 21, 2016, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, November 19, 2016 – March 19, 2017, 228.

Provenance

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Howard Greenberg Gallery by Jeffrey and Elizabeth Klotz, Pound Ridge, NY;
Given by Jeffrey and Elizabeth Klotz to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2012.

Published References

Keith F. Davis, “Multitude, Solitude: The Photographs of Dave Heath” in Multitude, Solitude: The Photographs of Dave Heath, exh. cat. (Kansas City, MO: Hall Family Foundation. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015), 228.

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