"The Slide For Life"

1910s

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

This is a photograph of figures descending a sand dune. The image captures multiple figures actively sliding or jumping down a large sandy slope. There is sand visible mid-air, indicating motion. The photograph is in black and white. The bottom of the image contains the handwritten text "The Slide For Life."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert E. Jackson

  • Dimensions

    image: 7.7 x 8.3 cm (3 1/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 8.7 x 9.2 cm (3 7/16 x 3 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.4.22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert E. Jackson, Seattle; gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978: From the Collection of Robert E. Jackson, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 2007 - 2008, no. 37.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, lower center in black ink: The slide for life; on verso, upper left stamped in purple ink: D5I

Wikidata ID

Q64144311

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