Stockholm

Artist Kenneth Josephson (American, born 1932)

Date1967; printed ca. 1980

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 12 inches (20.16 × 30.48 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 15/16 inches (27.62 × 35.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.302

SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower left, in pencil "Kenneth Josephson"

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "16/50 67-35-10-41 / STOCKHOLM, 1967"

MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "3.8"

Edition/State/Proofed. 16/50

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DescriptionImage of hatchback automobile parked on the street with a thin treeline in the background. An outline of the automobile in snow appears as a reverse shadow in the foreground.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 – May 1, 1983.

Rotation 3. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 20 – August 18, 2008, no cat.

Gallery Label

This photograph does nothing more mysterious than document a curious natural event. Kenneth Josephson recorded a moment after patches of frost had melted in areas warmed by direct sunlight but remained in areas of shade. The resulting phenomenon renders the white "shadow" of a black car, reversing our expectations.

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1981;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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