"Champion," New York, New York

1949-1950

Louis Faurer

Artist, American, 1916 - 2001

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Joshua P. Smith Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.2 x 33.4 cm (9 1/8 x 13 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 23.3 x 33.7 cm (9 3/16 x 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.128.34

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1981

  • Louis Faurer: Photographs from Philadelphia and New York, 1937-1973, Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, 10 March - 23 April 1981, no. 46.

2002

  • Louis Faurer, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 2002 - 2003, unnumbered catalogue.

2010

  • Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940-59, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, 2010, no. 33.

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Bibliography

1981

  • Louis Faurer: Photographs from Philadelphia and New York, 1937-1973. Exh. cat. Art Gallery, University of Maryland. College Park, Maryland, 1981, no. 46, p. 47.

2002

  • Louis Faurer. Exh. cat., The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia. London: Merrell in association with The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002.

Inscriptions

on mount, lower center verso in graphite: Louis Faurer 1949

Wikidata ID

Q64157571

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