Bus Stop

1989, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

This is a photograph of a person holding a book up beside a passing bus on a city street at night. The image captures an urban setting with a bus moving through the scene, its movement captured as a blur, while a person stands near the foreground with an arm raised, holding a book with the title "Holy Bible" visible. The photograph is black and white, emphasizing the contrast between the bright lights of the bus and the illuminated windows of the surrounding buildings against the dark night. A tree trunk is positioned near the center-left of the image.

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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: 21.8 × 32.4 cm (8 9/16 × 12 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4784


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

Bibliography

1995

  • Goldberg, Jim. Raised by Wolves. Zurich, 1995: 135.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1989/94 AP[circled] BOOK PRINT

Wikidata ID

Q64155773

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