"Lights!"

Artist Will Connell (American, 1898 - 1961)

Date1937

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 11 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches (29.21 x 23.81 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3913

InscribedSigned and dated Signed in artist's hand Front of Mount Artist's Stamp Back of Mount

On View

Not on view

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Photography

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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print of man on ladder; lights surrounding him. On exhibition mount. Titled, signed and dated on front of mount. From series "In Pictures" (page 63 of that book). Photographer's stamp on back of mount.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 9. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 20 – March 13, 2011, no cat.

Rotation 24. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – November 12, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

This abstract composition is from Will Connell’s 1937 series In Pictures: A Hollywood Satire. Using modernist techniques, such as photomontage and multiple exposures, In Pictures presents a witty critique of the myths surrounding the movie business. Connell was widely published and respected in his day. He later went on to found the photography department of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

Provenance

Stephen White Associates, Studio City, CA;
Purchased from Stephen White Associates by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1993;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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