Paris

1953

Sabine Weiss

Associated Names
Sabine Weiss

Artist, French, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2022

This is a photograph of long shadows cast on a cobblestone street. The image captures sunlight casting elongated shadows of trees and a vehicle onto the textured surface of the street. The shadows contrast sharply against the light tones of the cobbles and pavement edge. The shadows converge towards the top of the image, creating a sense of depth and leading lines.

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Provenance

Sabine Weiss, Paris; NGA purchase (through Stephan Daiter Gallery, Chicago), 2019.

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Bibliography

2018

  • Lewandowska, Karolia._Sabine Weiss : les villes, la rue, l'autre_Paris, 2018: 21.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, right center in graphite: Sabine Weiss / [horizontal underline] / Paris 1954; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite [oriented vertically]: 80.465; by unknown hand, across bottom in graphite: 225.007.3.15

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