Untitled (Children crawling with bare foot in foreground)

October 7, 1947

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

This is a photograph of an open grassy field with a chain-link fence in the distance. The image shows a sloped grassy area that creates depth, leading the eye from the foreground to the background. In the foreground, an individual's feet with painted toenails are visible. The composition captures a candid moment in an outdoor setting, characterized by the textures of the grass and the tonal contrast of the black-and-white medium.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert E. Jackson

  • Dimensions

    image: 7 x 7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 8.2 x 8.5 cm (3 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.161.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert E. Jackson, Seattle; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978: From the Collection of Robert E. Jackson, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 2007 - 2008, no. 121.

Inscriptions

on verso, lower center in black ink: Oct.7. 1947; by Robert Jackson, lower center in graphite: 47

Wikidata ID

Q64144216

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