Shadow, Chicago

1951

Marvin Newman

Associated Names
Marvin Newman

Artist, American, born 1927

The image shows the shadow of a person cast onto a flat surface. The person's shadow appears to be standing upright with a slight forward incline. A hat is visible on the head, and the shadow's silhouette suggests structured clothing, possibly a jacket or coat and pants. The background is a plain, light-colored surface with horizontal lines intersecting across the shadow. The shadow is holding an object that could be a cane or an umbrella.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 19.6 x 13.9 cm (7 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.10.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL, by 1999; NGA purchase, 2000.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

2022

  • The Double: Identity and Difference in Art Since 1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2022, no. 98.

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: 5; lower right verso stamped in black ink: artist's copy right stamp with graphite addition: 1951 / Marvin E. Newman; lower right verso in black ink: M.E.N.

Wikidata ID

Q64157822

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