Palace Theater, Gary, Indiana

2008, printed 2014

Andrew Moore

Associated Names
Andrew Moore

Artist, American, born 1957

The image shows a dilapidated theater, viewed from a low central point looking straight at the stage. The focus is on the interior architecture in disrepair. There is a painted backdrop on the stage depicting buildings, trees, and a serene sky. The brushstrokes are detailed but aged. The foreground has broken theater seats scattered across a debris-covered floor. The color palette is dominated by earthy tones with patches of blue and green, evoking a mood of faded grandeur. Shafts of light filter through the broken ceiling, illuminating areas of debris and adding depth to the shadows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    inkjet print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 91.44 × 115.57 cm (36 × 45 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 115.57 × 138.43 cm (45 1/2 × 54 1/2 in.)
    framed: 118.11 × 140.65 × 4.45 cm (46 1/2 × 55 3/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.32.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Andrew Moore, NGA purchase (through Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York), 2014.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • The Memory of Time: Contemporary Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Acquired with the Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2015, no. 78.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right corner, on gallery label in black ink: Andrew Moore

Wikidata ID

Q64074289

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