Saltine Box
Artist
Paul Outerbridge Jr.
(American, 1896 - 1958)
Date1922
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 7/16 × 4 5/8 inches (8.73 × 11.75 cm)
Mount: 8 × 10 inches (20.32 × 25.4 cm)
Mount: 8 × 10 inches (20.32 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.316
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsStamp on mount verso, lower left, in black ink: "The Graham Nash Collection"
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A highly respected artistic and commercial photographer, Paul Outerbridge was renowned for his exquisitely crafted still lifes of the early 1920s. This image of a tin box is boldly abstract: the planes of reflected light and cast shadow, together with the stark form of the box itself, create a curious geometric and perceptual puzzle.
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