Untitled (The Rearing Horse)
Series TitleThe Western Series
Artist
David Levinthal
(American, born 1949)
Date1988
MediumPolaroid print
DimensionsImage: 24 x 20 inches (60.96 x 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4098
InscribedSignature
Signed in artist's hand
Back of Print
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/3
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionRearing horse; cowboy with a rope standing in front of horse.Gallery LabelSince 1972, Levinthal has photographed toy figures in order to explore aspects of our collective visual iconography. His "Modern Romance" series was inspired by the images of film noir and the look of Edward Hopper paintings. His "Western Series," begun in 1986, reflects Levinthal's childhood love of western movies and television programs. Working with a large 20x24-inch Polaroid camera, Levinthal uses this device's inherently shallow depth of field to heighten the ambiguity of his subjects. These images, like the frontier myths they evoke, are both iconic and artificial, a hybrid of fact and romance.
From the artist to Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY by 1988;
Purchased from Laurence Miller Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1988;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Laurence Miller Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1988;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© David Levinthal
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