The Walk, Orgeval
Artist
Paul Strand
(American, 1890 - 1976)
Date1957
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches (24.45 x 19.37 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2240
InscribedSigned/Titled/Dated
Signed in artist's hand
1957
Full title & signature
Back of Mount
Ink
Notations
Signed in artist's hand
"MASTER 8x10", "6 Garden Portfolio", and "ORG-2550"
Back of Mount
Pencil
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Rotation 8. The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. May 12 – October 11, 2010, no cat.
Paul Strand had an enormously long and influential career, from the 1910s to the 1960s. Strand's work evolved through several phases, from soft-focus Pictorialism to modernist abstraction to a deep and enduring interest in the human condition. This image, made toward the end of his career, is one of his most personal. It depicts the overgrown walkway of his own backyard garden, on his property in Orgeval, France. Quiet and contemplative, this work has much to say about time and change, the endless vitality of nature and the finite span of a single life.
Private collector;
Purchased at Private Collector's sale Photographs, Christie's, New York, October 5, 1999; Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY, 1999;
Purchased from Howard Greenberg Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 2000;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Aktins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased at Private Collector's sale Photographs, Christie's, New York, October 5, 1999; Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY, 1999;
Purchased from Howard Greenberg Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 2000;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Aktins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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