Sale, Sale

1975

Roy DeCarava

Associated Names
Roy DeCarava

Artist, American, 1919 - 2009

This is a photograph of a shop window display featuring a collection of primarily white dresses and uniforms on mannequins. The display includes "Sale" signs and patterned paper in the background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.32 × 33.02 cm (8 × 13 in.)
    sheet: 27.94 × 35.24 cm (11 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4147

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Roy DeCarava, Brooklyn, NY; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through the Witkin Gallery, Inc., New York), 1976; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • The Nation’s Capital in Photographs, 1976: Robert Cumming and Roy DeCarava, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 14 – May 9, 1976

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower left below image in graphite: DeCARAVA

Wikidata ID

Q64170002

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