Spring on Madison Square

Artist Barbara Morgan (American, 1900 - 1992)

Date1938; printed 1978

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall: 10 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (26.04 x 31.75 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.2809

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DescriptionImage of snow covered park with pedestrians in winter dress walking on sidewalk at frames left and lower edges. Outline of a male figure with outstretched arms against a translucent backdrop. Over dark figure are the outlines of two flowers horizontally imposed across the center of the image.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

20th-Century Photographs from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA, January 10 –February 22, 1981, no cat.

Cityscapes: 20^th 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.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1978;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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