Untitled (Shadow Abstraction, Man Walking Dog)
Artist
Marvin E. Newman
(American, born 1927)
Date1951
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 7 1/2 inches (23.97 × 19.05 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 15/16 inches (25.08 × 20.16 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 15/16 inches (25.08 × 20.16 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4277
SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Marvin E. Newman / 1951";
Artist's stamp, on sheet verso, upper left corner, in red ink: "MARVIN E. NEWMAN / PHOTOGRAPH / 753 EAST TREMONT AVE. / TR 2-9499 BX. 57, N.Y.";
Artist's stamp, on sheet verso, lower right corner, in black ink: "© Marvin E. Newman / 561 Broadway / N.Y., N.Y. 10012 / 212-219-1228"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "364-1-94"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionShadow abstraction of a man with his dog. Signed, dated on back of print. Two artist's stamps on back of print.Exhibition HistoryRotation 23. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 18 – May 28, 2017, no cat.
This work is from Marvin Newman’s master’s thesis project. It depicts a street picture conceived “upside down,” so that pedestrians appear to be transformed into ghostly shadows. Newman took up photography at the age of 16, and went on to study with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind at the famed Institute of Design in Chicago, where he earned a master’s degree in 1952. He enjoyed a successful professional career, working for magazines such as Sports Illustrated, Life, and Look.
Kellis de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Keith DeLellis Gallery by Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1994;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Keith DeLellis Gallery by Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1994;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Marvin E. Newman
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