Man on Bike
Artist
Ralph Steiner
(American, 1899 - 1986)
Dateca. 1922; printed ca. 1975
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 4 5/8 × 3 9/16 inches (11.75 × 9.05 cm)
Mount: 17 × 14 inches (43.18 × 35.56 cm)
Mount: 17 × 14 inches (43.18 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2210
SignedOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "ralph steiner c.1922."
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "RS4AGP".
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DescriptionAerial image of a figure riding a bicycle in the center of the street. Two other figures appear directly above the figure. The shadow of a building fills the upper left corner of the frame, and the metalwork of a balcony on a building are visible in the lower right corner.Exhibition HistoryCityscapes: 20th Century Urban Images from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. First Street Forum, St. Louis, MO, April 13 - May 20, 1984, no cat.
Photographic Abstraction. Utah State University, Logan, UT, Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, Fine Art Center/Cheekwood, Nashville, TN, Montgomery Museum of Art, AL, January – September 1987, no cat.
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1983;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Musuem of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Musuem of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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Ralph Steiner
1936; printed 1980
2025.13.1
