Untitled (Shadow of man watching car race)

1920s

American 20th Century

Associated Names
This is a photograph of a vintage car race. The photograph shows a moment on a racetrack with a vintage car speeding past, a lineup of early 20th-century automobiles parked in the background, a crowd of spectators at the fence. There is an enclosure with seating where people wearing period-appropriate hats are watching the race. The bottom half of the image includes a railing and a shadow. In the far background, a hillside is visible with a sign that reads "LION CITY RACEWAY LAND INC." The scene is set in an expansive outdoor area with a mixture of audience composition, types of vehicles, and broad landscape depicting early motorsport culture.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert E. Jackson

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.4 x 6 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 11 x 6.7 cm (4 5/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
    mount: 11.3 x 6.9 cm (4 7/16 x 2 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.134.22


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert E. Jackson, Seattle; gift to NGA, 2008.

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. 44.

Inscriptions

on verso, center gelatin silver print of a road; by Robert Jackson, bottom right in graphite: 75

Wikidata ID

Q64144226

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