New York
Artist
Homer Page
(American, 1918 - 1985)
DateJune 19, 1949
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 7/16 × 11 3/4 inches (26.51 × 29.85 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 inches (27.78 × 35.24 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 inches (27.78 × 35.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2077
SignedOn sheet verso, center, stamped in black ink: "PHOTOGRAPHER / HOMER PAGE / NEW YORK CITY / JUN 19 1949"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "HP18"; "532-60-99".
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DescriptionImage of a window display with sale signs hanging from sections of fabric.Exhibition HistoryThe Photographs of Homer Page: The Guggenheim Year, 1949-1950. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 14 - June 7, 2009, no. 19.
In this image of a fabric store window, sale signs visually compete with the products they advertise, beckoning customers with multiple promises of a good deal.
Homer Page found the signs and symbols of post-World War II consumption endlessly fascinating. In his street pictures of New York City, made in 1949 while supported by a Guggenheim fellowship, Page often focused on the display of goods and services that became part of the spectacle of the street advertising.
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