Shadows

1943

Nathan Lerner

Associated Names
Nathan Lerner

Artist, American, 1913 - 1997

This is a photograph of a section of a wall and a pipe. The image captures a bent metal pipe emerging from a textured wall, casting a shadow beneath it. The surface is bathed in a high-contrast light, highlighting the roughness of the wall and pipe. To the right, part of a dark door with panels and an obscured sign is visible. The shadows of a fence or railing create a pattern on the ground and wall.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kiyoko Lerner

  • Dimensions

    image: 35.4 × 28 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.115.25

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nathan Lerner; Estate of Nathan Lerner, Chicago, 1997; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: "Shadows" / New York/1943 / Nathan Lerner; by unknown hand, upper right edge: RMG12231; lower left edge, inverted: 026.031.3.04; lower right edge ["16" superscribed over "22"]: EC # 00016[9?]8

Wikidata ID

Q64158409

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