The Artist Lives Dangerously, San Francisco

1938, printed 1980s

John Gutmann

Associated Names
John Gutmann

Artist, American, born Poland, 1905 - 1998

This is a photograph of a street scene featuring a chalk drawing on the ground. The image captures a moment on a city street, where a car is driving past a chalk drawing of a human figure and a round object on the asphalt. A person is close to the drawing, appearing engaged with it, while staying partially out of the main path of the street. The photograph is in black and white, and there are older model cars visible in the background. The lighting creates high contrast, with sharp shadows across the road.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.6 x 19 cm (7 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 25.3 x 20.1 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.67.91

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2000

  • John Gutmann: Culture Shock. Exh. cat. Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. Stanford, 2000, pl. 26.

Inscriptions

upper left verso in graphite: 287.8; upper right verso in graphite: P E; lower left verso in graphite: D.O.S. / THE ARTIST LIVES DANGEROUSLY / SAN FRANCISCO 1938; lower right verso in graphite: c John Gutmann / SP

Wikidata ID

Q64156044

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