Street Map (#12)

1988, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

This is a photograph of an urban alleyway scene. The image captures an outdoor environment with a narrow alley flanked by brick walls and dumpsters. One side of the alley is adorned with graffiti and the opposite side has a barbed wire-topped fence. In the foreground, cardboard sheets lay on the ground, with shadows from the landscape casting patterns across the alley. The texture of the pavement is visible, showing stains and surface imperfections. The scene is lit by strong, direct sunlight, leading to high contrast between illuminated and shadowed areas within the frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.6 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
    image: 21.3 × 32.5 cm (8 3/8 × 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4817

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jim Goldberg, San Francisco; Betsy Karel, formerly Betsy K. Frampton, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • Looking for the "There There": California Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, November 21, 2007 – April 13, 2008

Bibliography

1995

  • Goldberg, Jim. Raised by Wolves. Zurich, 1995: 183.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1988/94 AP[circled] BOOK PRINT; by unknown hand, bottom right corner perpendicular in graphite: 1

Wikidata ID

Q64155641

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