Oakland, California

1961

William Carter

Associated Names
William Carter

Artist, American, born 1934

Three individuals are shown from the back, standing closely together and facing a storefront with a wire mesh covering the window. They are all upright, slightly leaning forward, with their hands resting against the mesh and peering inside. The person on the left wears a striped shirt with rolled-up sleeves and white pants with a belt. The person in the middle wears a solid-colored top and jeans, while the person on the right wears a plaid shirt and dark trousers, with short hairstyles. The background shows a storefront with signage at the bottom, reading phrases like “Value” and indicating a sale. The ground appears to be a patterned surface, possibly a sidewalk.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Artist

  • Dimensions

    image: 25 × 22.6 cm (9 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
    mount: 40.6 × 33 × 0.3 cm (16 × 13 × 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.117.9


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William Carter, Los Altos Hills, CA; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2011

  • Carter, William. Causes and Spirits: Photographs from Five Decades. Göttingen, 2011, p. 123.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, on mount, below print in graphite: "We Buy-Sell Anything of Value" Oakland, California 1/30 William Carter 1961; on verso, upper center, stamped in black ink: WILLIAM CARTER / 313 EAST 6TH STREET / NEW YORK, N.Y. / AL 4-6965

Wikidata ID

Q64170303

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