Untitled (Shadow Abstraction, 5 Men)
Artist
Marvin E. Newman
(American, born 1927)
Date1951; printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 9/16 × 9 1/2 inches (19.21 × 24.13 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches (20.32 × 25.24 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches (20.32 × 25.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.205
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “Marvin E. Newman”;
Artist’s stamp on sheet verso, in black ink: © Marvin E. Newman / 561 Broadway / N.Y., N.Y. 10012 / 212. / 219-1228”.
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, black stamp: “EXHIBITION PRINT / REPRODUCTION RIGHTS PROHIBITIED / ALL OTHER RIGHTS RESERVED”;
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “MNE-00707-SP”, “PF120290”.
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DescriptionImage of four men's elongated cast shadows projected on to divided sections of concrete.Gallery LabelSpend a few moments looking at Marvin Newman’s photograph of shadows on sidewalks, and you may feel the urge to turn them upside down. Photographing when the sun cast the longest shadows, Newman playfully reoriented his images, placing the shadows right side up, and the physical bodies upside down. In the darkroom, he then printed the photographs to emphasize the dark darks and bright whites, creating high-contrast images. Newman learned photography at the New York Photo League before moving to Chicago to study with Harry Callahan at the Institute of Design.
Purchased from Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Marvin E. Newman
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