Street Map (#9)

1987, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

This is a photograph of a street corner at night. The picture shows a dimly lit urban setting with a lone figure sitting at the edge of a sidewalk. The scene features buildings in the background illuminated by streetlights, shadows on the road, a blurred motion of a person crossing the intersection, crosswalk lines, and a bright streetlight shining from above. The image is monochromatic, with shades of black, white, and grey.

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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

    2015.19.4814

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: 183.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1987/94 AP[circled] BOOK PRINT

Wikidata ID

Q64155812

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