View From Room 114, Pontiac Hotel

1992, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

This is a photograph of an urban street corner seen through a window. The image shows a street scene with buildings across the road, which seem to be constructed of brick or concrete, suggesting a downtown setting. A building in the foreground displays a sign reading "SUNNYSIDE HOTEL." One of the buildings has visible fire escapes attached. Curtains frame the view through the window on the left. Vehicles are parked along the street below, with faint road markings and intersection lines visible. The black and white color palette gives the image a timeless, documentary quality.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.6 × 35.4 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
    image: 22 × 32.4 cm (8 11/16 × 12 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4836


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jim Goldberg, San Francisco; Betsy Karel, formerly Betsy K. Frampton, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1995

  • Goldberg, Jim. Raised by Wolves. Zurich, 1995: 224-225.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1992/94 AP[circled] BOOK PRINT

Wikidata ID

Q64155666

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