Self-portrait on Geary Street
Artist
Imogen Cunningham
(American, 1883 - 1976)
Date1958
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 1/16 × 7 3/16 inches (20.48 × 18.26 cm)
Mount: 14 7/16 × 11 9/16 inches (36.67 × 29.37 cm)
Mount: 14 7/16 × 11 9/16 inches (36.67 × 29.37 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1273
SignedOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "Imogen Cunningham 1958".
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: "22-12-74"
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DescriptionImage of woman's reflection in a display window's mirror; she's wearing glasses and holding a camera. The display window has various lighting components - glass, rods, chains, and a chandelier - on the floor.Gallery LabelThe dynamic interplay of transparent store windows and reflections animates this self-portrait by Imogen Cunningham, taken along Geary Street in San Francisco, California. Though best known for her sharp-focused, intimate still lifes and portraits of the 1920s and 1930s, Cunningham shifted subjects and styles several times throughout her long and influential 75-year career. By the 1940s, Cunningham had turned to street photography. She made this picture when she was 75 years old, demonstrating her ability to continually experiment with new ways of seeing.
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1974;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© The Imogen Cunningham Trust
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