Watergate Hotel, Washington, DC

c. 1975, printed 2012

Garry Winogrand

Associated Names
Garry Winogrand

Artist, American, 1928 - 1984

Teresa Engle Schirmer

Printer, American, born 1957

This is a photograph of a modern building with a person descending down a staircase beside it. The building features several layers of balconies with uniform railings in a rhythmic pattern that curves, creating movement and depth. The foreground shows steps with a railing leading downwards, emphasizing the architectural frame. The image is in black and white, highlighting contrasts and textures within the design of the structure and steps.
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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

2025

  • The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Bibliography

2013

  • Garry Winogrand. Exh. cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2013: pl. 300.

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: x2013.505.941

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