Hermosa Beach #6

1978

Tod Papageorge

Associated Names
Tod Papageorge

Artist, American, born 1940

This is a photograph of a beach scene with several buildings in the background. The image captures an event taking place on the sandy beach with various individuals present. The beach is expansive, with a section of sand bordered by a low wall and beyond that, a line of buildings that range from residential houses to possibly commercial structures, all of which have a distinctly coastal architecture with visible rooftops and balconies. In the foreground, there is a wicker beach bag on the sand. Palm trees are interspersed between the structures.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Max B. Schwartz, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • American Images: New Work by Twenty Contemporary Photographers, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 13 – December 2, 1979, organized by the Bell System. Travelled until April 1982.

2012

  • The Deep Element: Photography at the Beach, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, June 9 – October 14, 2012

Bibliography

1979

  • Danese, Renato ed. American Images: New Work by Twenty Contemporary Photographers. Exh. cat. New York, 1979: 194, 216, no. 274.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: HERMOSA BEACH, 1978 Tod Papageorge; by unknown hand, bottom center: 291B; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1982.3.55

Wikidata ID

Q64170350

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