Untitled (Boy's feet sticking out of sand)

c. 1930

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

This is a photograph of a barren, sandy landscape featuring a tilted structure of a building. Two legs in mid-air emerge from a depression in the sand. The building appears to be made of wood, with horizontal planks visible on its side. The surroundings are flat and sparse, with clumps of vegetation suggesting a desert or semi-arid environment. Shadows cast by the building and the legs indicate the direction of sunlight.
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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: 11.5 x 7 cm (4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.4.30

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert E. Jackson, Seattle; gift to NGA, 2007.

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. 65.

Inscriptions

on verso, lower left stamped in purple ink: 59

Wikidata ID

Q64144382

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