Red Grooms and Terry Barrell, "The Burning Building"

December 1959

John Cohen

Associated Names
John Cohen

Artist, American, 1932 - 2019

This is a photograph of a scene set indoors. In the background, there is a backdrop of white fabric with dark triangular shapes. In the foreground, a figure lies reclined, with another figure standing behind them in a shrouded costume with a large geometric headdress. The lighting casts shadows, and in the lower section of the photograph, several seated individuals are visible.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.3 x 21.8 cm (13 1/2 x 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.5 x 27.7 cm (14 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.135.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Carole Thompson, Memphis, TN; NGA purchase, 2000.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1984

  • Red Grooms. New York, 1984, pp. 44-48.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: John Cohen 1959 / "Burning Building"--Red Grooms

Wikidata ID

Q64155914

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