Youth with Staff
Artist
F. Holland Day
(American, 1864 - 1933)
Date1906
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsFramed: 19 5/8 x 16 3/4 inches (49.85 x 42.55 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4036
On View
Not on viewCollections
Exhibition History
Celebrating a Grand
Gift: The Hallmark Photographic Collection. The Nelson Atkins Museum of
Art, Kansas City, MO, January 10 – April 30, 2006, no cat.
Rotation 5. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 15 – July 9, 2009, no cat.
Rotation 8. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, May 12 – October 11, 2010, no cat.
Rotation 24. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – November 12, 2017, no cat.
F. Holland Day turned his full attention to photography in the late 1890s. An outspoken supporter of the medium’s artistic potential, he used the camera solely for poetic expression. As seen in this work, Day often made reference to classical, mythological, or sacred subjects. Here, he uses a soft-focus lens to record a semi-clad male model in a highly idealized, timeless setting.
Ezra Mack, New York, NY;
Purchased from Ezra Mack by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1994;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Ezra Mack by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1994;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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