Untitled

Artist Ralph Steiner (American, 1899 - 1986)

Dateca. 1928

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches (19.37 x 24.13 cm)
Framed: 21 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (55.25 x 45.09 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4396

InscribedSigned and dated Signed in artist's hand "Ralph Steiner / neg // pt. c. 1928" Back of Print Notations "Earn Living" Back of Print In Pen, at top of print, verso Notations "April 29" and "7 on 3" Back of Print In Pencil

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DescriptionAerial image of 6 clocks, set at different times, cut across diagonally from upper left corner to lower right corner of frame. On either side of the clocks, are filled tea cups.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 4. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 20, 2008 - January 15, 2009, no cat.

Gallery Label

Steiner studied at the White School (founded in 1914 in New York City by Clarence H. White) in 1921-1922 before beginning a distinguished career as a photographer, picture editor and filmmaker. The White School's design principles-balancing fact and beauty-were applied to all forms of photography, from art to commercial and advertising work. This graphic and amusing photograph reflects the idea (as expressed by White School teacher Margaret Watkins) that "commonplace articles show curves and angles which can be repeated with the varying pattern of a fugue."

Provenance

Prakapas Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Prakapas Gallery 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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