Truckman's House, New York

1922, printed 1950s

Paul Strand

Associated Names
Paul Strand

Artist, American, 1890 - 1976

The image shows a rooftop with uniform corrugated structures, a brick building labeled "TRUCKMAN," and billboards on a hillside in the distance. The scene is in black and white, emphasizing textures and contrasts.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Strand Archive, Aperture Foundation, Millerton, NY; Southwestern Bell Corporation, St. Louis, MO; gift to NGA, 1990

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 157, illus. p. 59.

  • Paul Strand: An American Vision, National Gallery of Art; The Art Institute of Chicago; Saint Louis Art Museum; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco; Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990 - 1992, unnumbered catalogue.

1997

  • August Sander Archiv/SK Stiftung Kulture, Cologne, Germany, 22 May-10 August 1997.

Bibliography

1945

  • Newhall, Nancy. Paul Strand. Photographs 1915-1945. New York, 1945: p.12.

1971

  • Paul Strand. A Retrospective Monograph. The Years 1915-1968 (Millerton, 1971), p. 53

1976

  • Paul Strand. Sixty Years of Photographs (Millerton, 1976), p. 134

1978

  • Rosenblum, Naomi. "Paul Strand. The Early Years, 1910-1932." Ph.D. dissertation, City University of New York, 1978: fig. 98.

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 157, illus. p. 59

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p. 294-299, illus. p. 296

Inscriptions

by Hazel Strand, center verso in graphite: Paul Strand HS / Truckman's House / N.Y. 1920; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: MEH 23.2

Wikidata ID

Q64158613

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