Portrait Relocation

1976

Lucio Pozzi

Associated Names
Lucio Pozzi

Artist, American, born Italy, 1935

The image displays two partially visible faces repeated side by side. On the left side, an older man with a side profile view is shown from the shoulders up. He is wearing glasses, has sleek light-colored hair, and wears a formal suit with a tie. The central and right parts feature a young person's face cropped and layered, focusing on the eyes and part of the chin. This person has a calm facial expression, visible from the neck up, and medium to dark-colored hair, wearing a light-colored garment, possibly a collared shirt. The background is soft and indistinct, suggesting a blurred crowd or gathering, depicted in a black and white theme for a dynamic and somewhat abstract feel.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.3 x 45.7 cm (7 5/8 x 18 in.)
    mount: 58 x 57.7 x 0.1 cm (22 13/16 x 22 11/16 x 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.6.53


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lucio Pozzi, New York; Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, New York; gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

-1

  • 1976, LACMA, "Private Images: Photos by Painters."

Inscriptions

by artist's hand?, on mat, lower left in graphite:PORTRAIT RELOCATION; on mat, lower right in graphite: POZZI 1976; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: 99125

Wikidata ID

Q64157642

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