Congressman Jack Brooks, Washington, D.C.

1979, printed 1980

Rosalind Fox Solomon

Associated Names
Rosalind Solomon

Artist, American, 1930 - 2025

The older man in the photograph is seated in a leather armchair against a wall, looking at the camera. He wears a dark, striped suit with a tie and a pin on the lapel. To his left, a small round table holds a lamp, a rotary phone, and some decor. There are two closed wooden doors on either side of the man. Above him, a large framed painting hangs on the wall, depicting a white building with columns, flanked by mounted deer heads on either side. A clock is positioned above the central deer head. The room appears formal and traditional with classic furnishings.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.42 × 38.74 cm (15 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 50.48 × 40.64 cm (19 7/8 × 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.117.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rosalind Solomon, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC), 1980; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • Rosalind Solomon: Washington, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 15 – June 29, 1980

Bibliography

1980

  • Rosalind Solomon: Washington. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980: no. 30.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: 7904-5-4 / AJ; bottom center typed in black ink on tan paper, reversed: ACME PRINTING / [line] [line] / JOB NUMBER PERCENTAGE / [line] / CODE NUMBER / [line] / REMARKS; annotations in blue ink: 6694 42% / Man/Chair/Deer- / heads; lower right stamped in black ink: COPYRIGHT © 1980 ROSALIND SOLOMON / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / This original photograph may not be reproduced / by this or any subsequent purchaser / without written permission of the photographer. / copzright [sic] © 1980 Rosalind Solomon / All rights reserved; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1980.73

Wikidata ID

Q64170618

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