This Year Ride a Bicylce

1924, printed 1981

Ralph Steiner

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Ralph Steiner

Artist, American, 1899 - 1986

This is a photograph of a city street corner with buildings and a sign. A multi-story building with shingle siding and rectangular windows dominates the left side of the image, while another structure on the right features horizontal siding. In the foreground, a sign reads "THIS YEAR RIDE A BICYCLE." Above the buildings, a few lines of outdoor laundry hang between the structures. The photograph captures the textures of the building materials and the interplay of light and shadow.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert and Brenda Edelson, Baltimore, MD; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1995; acquired by NGA, 2015.

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Inscriptions

on verso of mount, signed by artist, center in graphite: Ralph Steiner / 1924 / 1981 / This Year; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1995.9.1

Wikidata ID

Q64158877

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