Stringing Lights, San Jose, California

1972

Ken Graves

Associated Names
Ken Graves

Artist, American, born 1942

The image depicts a person from the torso up, with their full chest and arms visible. The individual is standing and reaching upwards, appearing to be working on a string of large, oval-shaped bulbs. The person has short hair and is wearing a sweater with horizontal stripes. The sweater is tucked into their textured, dark-colored pants which are secured with a belt. They are surrounded by a wall of horizontal panels, casting long shadows from the midday sun. Some foliage or shrubbery is visible at the bottom left of the image, pointing up towards the person.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Sandra S. Phillips

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.5 × 19 cm (11 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 35.5 × 27.7 cm (14 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.140.10


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ken Graves, San Francisco; Sandra Phillips, San Francisco; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper right in graphite: Ken Graves / Stringing lights, / San Jose, Ca. 1972.; bottom right: 013.KG


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