Mummers Parade, Philadelphia

c. 1960, printed 2012

Garry Winogrand

Associated Names
Garry Winogrand

Artist, American, 1928 - 1984

Teresa Engle Schirmer

Printer, American, born 1957

The image shows a group of people in clown costumes participating in a parade. In the foreground, a clown is shown from head to toe, captured mid-motion as they energetically stride across the street. The clown's facial features are covered with face paint and they have an exaggerated mouth painted on their face, eyes highlighted with makeup, and an animated expression. Their hair is hidden under a pointed hat with a pom-pom on top. The costume is a shiny, loose-fitting suit with large polka dots down the front, and they wear an extravagant ruffled collar around the neck. Wrapped around their wrist is a thick garland-like trim, and in their hand, they hold a decorated parasol with floral patterns. Numerous other clowns, similarly attired, fill the background, some carrying parasols or marching. The setting is an urban street with retail storefronts visible in the background, suggesting a commercial area. The road is wet.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Garry Winogrand Archive, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; NGA purchase, 2014.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Garry Winogrand: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA, March 9–June 2, 2013; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 2–June 8, 2014; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, June 27–September 21, 2014; Jeu de Paume, Paris, October 14, 2014–January 25, 2015; Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, March 3–May 10, 2015

Bibliography

2013

  • Garry Winogrand. Exh. cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2013: pl. 40.

Inscriptions

on verso, lower right stamped in black ink: Authorized posthumous print from an original Garry Winogrand negative / The Garry Winogrand Archive / Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona / Printed by Teresa Engle Schirmer, 2012 / Edition 1/2, 16 x 20 inches / © The Estate of Garry Winogrand / This print can never be sold or deaccessioned.; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: x2013.505.030


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