Paris, Fallen Man

Artist Joel Meyerowitz (American, born 1938)

Date1967

MediumDye transfer print

DimensionsImage: 14 13/16 x 22 7/16 inches (37.64 x 56.95 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 23 7/8 inches (50.8 × 60.64 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2010.30.25

SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, lower left, in black ink: "Joel Meyerowitz Paris 1967."

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left, in black pen: "Dye Transfer 1970"; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "JMV 67_Fallen man (A)".

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DescriptionImage of busy street with pedestrians on the stairs leading to the subway; a man has fallen on the sidewalk, people turn to look.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 13. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, July 28, 2012 – January 6, 2013, no cat.

Rotation 23. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 18 – May 28, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

In this unsettling yet curious scene, a man lies sprawled on the ground as passersby, including one with a hammer in his hand, step around him. The photograph itself offers no explanation of the event’s cause or seriousness. Joel Meyerowitz was an early proponent of this non-narrative style of street photography. He embraced the spontaneity and relative anonymity enabled by the handheld 35 mm camera format.

Provenance

Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2010;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2010.

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