Echo Waiting (Polk and Sutter)

1986, printed 1994

Jim Goldberg

Associated Names
Jim Goldberg

Artist, American, born 1953

This is a photograph of a street scene viewed through a reflective window. The image captures a blurred foreground with a hand holding a cigarette, while the background showcases a street view with parked cars and buildings. The composition is primarily in black and white, focusing on contrasts and reflections. The scene outside the window appears to be a busy urban street, with several vehicles and a pedestrian crossing the road. The photograph plays with focus, leaving the foreground soft while crisping the details of the urban scene reflected in the window.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.4 × 27.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
    image: 32.3 × 23.3 cm (12 11/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4718

  • Series Title

    Raised by Wolves

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: 23.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: Jim Goldberg 1986/94 AP[circled] BOOK PRINT; by unknown hand, bottom left corner in graphite: 1

Wikidata ID

Q64155758

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