Political Meeting, New York

c. 1961, 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 individuals captured from the waist up in a crowded indoor setting. One man stands at the back of the room wearing a dark suit, tie, glasses, and a hat, seemingly speaking on a telephone. Another man in the foreground wears a light-colored suit jacket over a shirt, turning his head slightly to the side, with short, slicked-back hair. A woman with short hair and a dark top, holding a cigarette, stands towards the right. To the left, there are glimpses of two more individuals, one smoking and another with dark curly hair leaning forward, though their faces are partially obscured. A typewriter is placed on a table amidst some papers and cups. The background is dim, with furniture and household items barely visible.
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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. 30.

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: x2013.505.864

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