Market Street, San Francisco

1973-1978, printed 1994

Richard Gordon

Associated Names
Richard Gordon

Artist, American, 1945 - 2012

This is a photograph of an urban street scene. The image captures a black and white cityscape with tall buildings lining the street. A sturdy tree trunk partially hides the view of a vintage car parked along the sidewalk. Traditional streetcars are visible in the background, traveling along the road. The buildings exhibit classic architectural styles typical of mid-20th-century city centers. Notices and pamphlets are displayed on stands in the foreground. Crisp shadows and bold contrasts in the photograph reveal the time when the sun is lower in the sky, casting long shadows on the ground.
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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 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1996; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: RICHARD GORDON; lower left: MARKET ST SAN FRANCISCO; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner: 1996.59s

Wikidata ID

Q64158981

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