Man in a Field

1909

American 19th Century

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

The image shows a man standing in tall vegetation in a field, wearing a broad-brimmed hat and looking towards the camera. In the background, there is a horizon with a line of trees. The photograph is in black and white, creating a soft palette of grays. The tall plants dominate the composition with their vertical lines and clustering, providing texture and depth to the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print (real photo postcard)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 8.7 × 13.8 cm (3 7/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.152

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paine Webber & Co., New York, 1995–2000; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: a field of / oats at / valley jc [illegible] Aug. 1909 / on F. G. Warren's Farm; bottom right: 044984 / PW 7231

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