Barber Shop, N.Y.C.

1973-1978, printed 1994

Richard Gordon

Associated Names
Richard Gordon

Artist, American, 1945 - 2012

Two old photographs are positioned against a surface. The photograph on the right displays a black and white portrait of a man wearing a suit, while the left photograph shows another black and white image of a barbershop scene with a barber and a client. The color palette is grayscale, with various shades of white, black, and gray. The portrait on the right dominates the right side of the composition, while the barbershop scene is situated to the left, both leaning on or against the tiled surface below them. There is visible damage on the photographs with signs of wear and cracking.
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Artwork overview

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This is an image of a barber shop window. The foreground displays a classic barber's pole with red and white stripes. Inside the window, there is a collage of cut-out photographs featuring muscular individuals in different poses. The two panels that hold the images show signs of weathering at the bottom. Outside, the window reflects a snowy street with cars and leafless trees, suggesting a winter scene.

Irv's Chicago

Richard Gordon

1973

Meta Photographs

Richard Gordon

1994

The image shows a landscape with distant hills visible over a flat, open space. A "BRING your CAMERA" sign is placed in the middle of the scene. Dry shrubs and plants are seen close to the viewer, with a light dusting of snow on the ground. In the background, there are flat lands leading towards snow-covered hills. The sky is clear with wispy clouds, creating a high-contrast effect in the black and white photograph.

Highway 50, Nevada

Richard Gordon

1973

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Gordon, Berkeley, CA; Isidore and Dorothy (Steinberg) Kavka, Skokie, IL; partial gift and purchase by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1996; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: RICHARD GORDON; lower left: BARBER SHOP, N.Y.C.; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1996.59o

Wikidata ID

Q64158977

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