Untitled

1991

Thomas Roma

Associated Names
Thomas Roma

Artist, American, born 1950

This is a photograph of an urban street scene seen through a window with a painted image and some text on it. The photo captures a busy street intersection with cars parked on the side of the road and pedestrians walking along the sidewalks. In the background, there are buildings featuring signage, including "Dallas Fried Chicken." The reflection of the street is overlaid by a rough, painted image on the window, which includes dark abstract shapes. The texture of the paint contrasts with the view of the street behind it. The photograph is in black and white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc.

  • Dimensions

    image: 47.7 × 35.8 cm (18 3/4 × 14 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 50.8 × 40.64 cm (20 × 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.121.70

  • Series Title

    Come Sunday

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thomas Roma, Brooklyn, NY; gift to Lee and Maria Friedlander, his parents-in-law, New York, mid-1990s; gift to Joy of Giving Something, Inc., New York, 1990s; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1996

  • Come Sunday: Photographs by Thomas Roma, Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 4 - June 18, 1996.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper left edge center in graphite: Thomas Roma 1991; upper left edge: 1192-91-13; by unknown hand, bottom left edge: TR9847.87

Wikidata ID

Q64170743

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