Hollywood Freeway #1

1989

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

This is a photograph of an elevated view overlooking a street or highway. The foreground shows a bare-chested figure leaning over a ledge. The road below is smooth and segmented, with blurred shadows suggesting fast-moving vehicles out of focus. On the ledge are various debris and objects, including papers, a pole, and a structural metal base. The composition captures a raw moment in an urban environment, focusing on textures and patterns in the city's edge spaces.

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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: 25.1 × 32.5 cm (9 7/8 × 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4752

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

Exhibition History

1995

  • Raised by Wolves: Photographs and Documents of Runaways by Jim Goldberg, Zurich Museum of Design, May 30 - July 30, 1995; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, September 16 - November 19, 1995; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, January 12 - March 24, 1996; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 13 - May 11, 1997; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 19 - September 11, 1997; Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, October 14, 1997 - January 9, 1998.

Bibliography

1995

  • Goldberg, Jim. Raised by Wolves. Zurich, 1995: 84.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, bottom left corner in graphite: 1

Wikidata ID

Q64155735

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