Ack-1 (Bohack Grocery)

c. 1960, printed 1979

Ralph Steiner

Associated Names
Ralph Steiner

Artist, American, 1899 - 1986

This is a photograph of a cityscape featuring a large brick wall with partial letters "ACK" visible. In the background, a modern office building with a grid-like facade towers over the scene. The ground is made of cobblestones, and shadows from the letters are cast onto the wall.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert and Brenda Edelson, Baltimore, MD; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1994; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom center in graphite: Ralph Steiner c. 1960/print 1979; bottom right: #16; by unknown hand, inverted, top center: 22 1/2 55 # 2-65; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner: 1994.26.2

Wikidata ID

Q64158883

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