Paris

1953

Todd Webb

Associated Names
Todd Webb

Artist, American, 1905 - 2000

This is a photograph of a weathered wall with a closed wooden door and a vertical drainpipe. The door is simple with vertical wooden panels, closed and blending into the textured wall. To the left of the door, a vertical drainpipe runs downwards. The wall shows cracks and peeling paint, and a horizontal line divides the wall. The photograph captures the texture and details of the wall's surface.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.3 x 19.3 cm (9 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.67.213

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper left verso typed on label: DIOGENES WITH A CAMERA II / No. 26-March 1 / TODD WEBB / Museum of Modern Art / 11 West 53 St.; upper left verso typed on Worcester Art Museum label: Todd Webb / American 20th Century / Textured Wall, Pipe, and Doorway Paris, 1953 / photograph / Todd Webb / publicity in connection with the / exhibition, IDEAS IN IMAGES; center verso in graphite: 8 x 10 Deardorff; center verso: artist's copyright stamp / artist's stamp / artist's stamp

Wikidata ID

Q64170241

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