Knoxville, Tennessee
Artist
Lee Friedlander
(American, born 1934)
Date1971; printed 2000
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/16 × 12 15/16 inches (21.43 × 32.86 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 inches (27.94 × 35.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 inches (27.94 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2011.21.13
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil;
Stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink: "PRINTED 2009/ This Photograph is not released for publication of for commercial use of any kind. For Permission communicate with Lee Friedlander 52 South Mountain Road New City, N.Y. 10956 © LEE FRIEDLANDER"
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "Knoxville 1971"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "LF.5616.y", "79-6"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionView of back of a yield sign, clouds in sky appearing on top.Exhibition History
Rotation 22. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Kansas City, MO, August 10, 2016- January 8, 2017, no cat.
In this image, Lee Friedlander deliberately ignores the traditional rules of artful composition by situating the back of a traffic sign in the center of his picture. Further, he aligns the top of the sign with a tuft of clouds, such that it resembles the form of an ice cream cone. Through this framing and manipulation of focus and depth of field, Friedlander transforms an everyday subject into a witty visual juxtaposition.
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2011;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2011.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2011.
Copyright© Lee Friedlander
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