State Street Chicago
Series TitleIn Search of Myself
Artist
Arthur Siegel
(American, 1913 - 1978)
Date1951
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 9/16 × 10 inches (16.67 × 25.4 cm)
Mount: 12 1/8 × 15 inches (30.8 × 38.1 cm)
Mount: 12 1/8 × 15 inches (30.8 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4366
SignedSigned and dated on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "A. Siegel / '51"
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DescriptionImage of a woman looking through a store window at a shoe display. Vintage print. One of three from series "In Search of Myself".Gallery Label
For his series In Search of Myself, Arthur Siegel often used window reflections to create complex visual scenes. In this picture, the lone face of a woman hovers amidst a display of shop window commodities. Siegel photographed along State Street in Chicago while he was undergoing Freudian analysis, and saw the anonymous strangers as surrogates for facets of his own personality.
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